| Table 2. Percent distribution of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work 1 by selected worker characteristics and major industry sector, 2006 | |||||||||||||||
| West Virginia--private industry | |||||||||||||||
| Characteristic | Private industry 2, 3, 4 |
Goods producing | Service providing | ||||||||||||
| Total goods producing |
Natural resources and mining 2,3 | Construc- tion |
Manufac- turing |
Total service providing |
Trade,
transport- ation, and utilities 4 |
Informa- tion |
Financial activities | Profes- sional and business services |
Education and health services | Leisure and hospitality | Other services | ||||
| Total [12,130 cases] | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | ||
| Gender: | |||||||||||||||
| Male | 65.5 | 92.9 | 99.3 | 94.4 | 88.1 | 48.6 | 70.8 | 76.5 | -- | 71.7 | 15.8 | 51.3 | 71.8 | ||
| Female | 34.1 | 6.9 | -- | 6.5 | 11.9 | 51.0 | 28.1 | 23.5 | 83.3 | 28.3 | 84.2 | 47.8 | 28.2 | ||
| Age: | |||||||||||||||
| 14 to 15 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 16 to 19 | 4.4 | 3.2 | 1.4 | 4.8 | 3.5 | 5.1 | 5.6 | -- | -- | 6.5 | 1.9 | 12.2 | -- | ||
| 20 to 24 | 12.7 | 14.0 | 13.0 | 16.9 | 12.9 | 11.9 | 10.9 | 11.8 | -- | 10.9 | 9.6 | 16.5 | 25.6 | ||
| 25 to 34 | 25.4 | 27.4 | 29.0 | 28.2 | 25.7 | 24.2 | 25.8 | 29.4 | -- | 26.1 | 22.7 | 19.1 | 33.3 | ||
| 35 to 44 | 26.3 | 23.5 | 18.1 | 25.0 | 25.7 | 28.0 | 25.8 | 29.4 | -- | 37.0 | 27.3 | 33.0 | 28.2 | ||
| 45 to 54 | 21.0 | 22.0 | 26.8 | 21.8 | 18.8 | 20.4 | 22.1 | 23.5 | 33.3 | 8.7 | 27.7 | 8.7 | 5.1 | ||
| 55 to 64 | 9.0 | 9.3 | 8.7 | 3.2 | 12.9 | 8.9 | 8.2 | -- | -- | 6.5 | 9.6 | 9.6 | 5.1 | ||
| 65 and over | 1.1 | 0.4 | -- | -- | -- | 1.5 | 1.5 | -- | -- | -- | 1.5 | 1.7 | -- | ||
| Length of service with employer: | |||||||||||||||
| Less than 3 months | 12.3 | 13.6 | 16.7 | 11.3 | 12.9 | 11.6 | 12.7 | 11.8 | -- | 26.1 | 6.5 | 16.5 | 5.1 | ||
| 3 to 11 months | 24.1 | 28.2 | 29.7 | 34.7 | 22.8 | 21.5 | 18.4 | 17.6 | -- | 23.9 | 18.8 | 32.2 | 30.8 | ||
| 1 to 5 years | 35.0 | 30.2 | 31.2 | 33.9 | 26.7 | 37.9 | 32.6 | 35.3 | -- | 32.6 | 46.5 | 35.7 | 38.5 | ||
| More than 5 years | 28.2 | 27.8 | 20.3 | 20.2 | 37.1 | 28.6 | 35.2 | 35.3 | 66.7 | 19.6 | 28.1 | 14.8 | 28.2 | ||
| Race or ethnic origin: | |||||||||||||||
| White only | 67.4 | 63.8 | 29.0 | 81.5 | 76.2 | 69.8 | 73.4 | 47.1 | 83.3 | 58.7 | 75.8 | 47.0 | 94.9 | ||
| Black only | 2.3 | 1.3 | -- | 1.6 | 2.0 | 2.9 | 1.1 | -- | -- | -- | 3.8 | 7.0 | -- | ||
| Hispanic or Latino only | 0.2 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| Asian only | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islande | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| American Indian or Alaskan Native only | 0.4 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 0.7 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| Hispanic or Latino and other race | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| Multi-race | 0.2 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| Not reported | 29.3 | 34.3 | 70.3 | 16.1 | 20.8 | 26.0 | 23.2 | 52.9 | -- | 39.1 | 19.2 | 46.1 | 5.1 | ||
| 1 Days-away-from-work cases include those that result in days away from work with or without job transfer | requirements effective January 1, 2002: therefore estimates for these industries are not comparable | ||||||||||||||
| or restriction. | to estimates in other industries. | ||||||||||||||
| 2 Excludes farms with fewer than 11 employees. | 4 Data for employers in rail transportation are provided to BLS by the Federal Railroad | ||||||||||||||
| 3 Data for mining (Sector 21 in the North American Industry Classification System -- United States, 2002) | Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation. | ||||||||||||||
| include establishments not governed by the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) rules and reporting, | NOTE: Dashes indicate data that are not available. Because of rounding and data exclusion | ||||||||||||||
| such as those in oil and gas extraction and related support activities. Data for mining operators in coal, metal, and | of nonclassifiable responses, data may not sum to the totals. | ||||||||||||||
| nonmetal mining are provided to BLS by the Mine Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor. | |||||||||||||||
| Independent mining contractors are excluded from the coal, metal, and nonmetal mining industries. These data | SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U. S. Department of Labor, Survey of Occupational | ||||||||||||||
| do not reflect the changes the Occupational Safety and Health Administration made to its recordkeeping | Injuries and Illnesses in cooperation with participating State agencies. | ||||||||||||||