Table 9. Percent distribution of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work[1] by major occupational group and number of days away from work, private industry, California, 2019
Occupation | Percent of cases involving | Median days away from work | |||||||
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Total cases | 1 day | 2 days | 3 to 5 days | 6 to 10 days | 11 to 20 days | 21 to 30 days | 31 or more days | ||
Total | 100.0 | 12.8 | 9.2 | 16.3 | 10.6 | 9.9 | 6.2 | 35.0 | 11 |
Management occupations | 100.0 | 10.2 | 10.2 | 38.3 | 8.6 | 9.9 | 4.2 | 18.5 | 5 |
Business and financial operations occupations | 100.0 | 13.7 | 7.4 | 16.8 | 10.5 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 41.1 | 13 |
Computer and mathematical occupations | 100.0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 22.2 | -- | 33.3 | 17 |
Architecture and engineering occupations | 100.0 | 53.8 | -- | 14.3 | 3.3 | 3.3 | -- | 24.2 | 1 |
Life, physical, and social science occupations | 100.0 | 13.6 | 18.2 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 59.1 | 56 |
Community and social service occupations | 100.0 | 12.1 | 8.9 | 27.4 | 12.1 | 9.7 | 21.8 | 8.1 | 6 |
Legal occupations | 100.0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 57.1 | -- | -- | 15 |
Educational instruction and library occupations | 100.0 | 24.0 | 9.8 | 28.4 | 2.2 | 10.4 | 2.2 | 23.0 | 5 |
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations | 100.0 | 23.2 | 14.3 | 5.4 | 3.6 | 7.1 | -- | 42.9 | 14 |
Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations | 100.0 | 12.0 | 17.5 | 12.8 | 12.8 | 9.1 | 4.7 | 31.2 | 8 |
Healthcare support occupations | 100.0 | 15.4 | 10.8 | 19.4 | 9.8 | 9.4 | 3.6 | 31.7 | 7 |
Protective service occupations | 100.0 | 16.2 | 6.3 | 12.7 | 5.6 | 11.3 | 3.5 | 44.4 | 19 |
Food preparation and serving related occupations | 100.0 | 16.7 | 11.6 | 17.3 | 12.4 | 11.1 | 5.2 | 25.6 | 7 |
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations | 100.0 | 11.4 | 8.4 | 13.0 | 18.2 | 8.6 | 6.5 | 33.7 | 10 |
Personal care and service occupations | 100.0 | 14.6 | 13.9 | 17.5 | 13.9 | 3.6 | 5.1 | 31.4 | 7 |
Sales and related occupations | 100.0 | 10.4 | 16.9 | 14.7 | 10.1 | 9.6 | 8.4 | 30.0 | 9 |
Office and administrative support occupations | 100.0 | 12.1 | 9.5 | 14.2 | 9.7 | 9.9 | 4.5 | 40.5 | 14 |
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations | 100.0 | 14.5 | 6.3 | 17.4 | 11.8 | 14.5 | 3.9 | 31.4 | 10 |
Construction and extraction occupations | 100.0 | 9.4 | 7.0 | 18.3 | 9.1 | 7.5 | 8.3 | 40.4 | 16 |
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations | 100.0 | 13.3 | 4.3 | 16.5 | 9.4 | 10.6 | 6.0 | 39.9 | 15 |
Production occupations | 100.0 | 16.3 | 8.4 | 13.7 | 11.1 | 11.6 | 4.3 | 34.6 | 11 |
Transportation and material moving occupations | 100.0 | 8.6 | 7.3 | 14.2 | 9.0 | 9.7 | 8.3 | 42.8 | 22 |
Footnotes
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- Days-away-from-work cases include those that result in days away from work with or without job transfer or restriction.
NOTE: Dashes indicate data that are not available. Because of rounding and data exclusion of nonclassifiable responses, data may not sum to the totals.
SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses in cooperation with participating state agencies, July 26, 2021