Table 10. Percent distribution of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work (DAFW)[1] by selected occupations and number of days, local government, California, 2021-2022
| Occupation | Percent of cases involving | Median days | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total cases | 1 day | 2 days | 3 to 5 days | 6 to 10 days | 11 to 20 days | 21 to 30 days | 31 days or more | ||
| Total | 100.0 | 7.5 | 5.1 | 11.9 | 27.2 | 20.0 | 4.0 | 24.3 | 10 |
| Police and sheriff’s patrol officers | 100.0 | 8.6 | 3.9 | 14.1 | 28.1 | 27.1 | .8 | 17.4 | 10 |
| Firefighters | 100.0 | 7.5 | 5.7 | 8.9 | 19.9 | 22.4 | 3.7 | 32.0 | 11 |
| Correctional officers and jailers | 100.0 | .9 | -- | 5.8 | 27.1 | 41.0 | 5.1 | 16.4 | 12 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners | 100.0 | 5.2 | 9.1 | 10.1 | 21.2 | 15.3 | 11.1 | 28.0 | 14 |
| First-line supervisors of police and detectives | 100.0 | -- | 1.3 | 5.9 | 37.4 | 23.9 | 1.0 | 19.7 | 10 |
| Teaching assistants, preschool, elementary, middle, and secondary school, except special education | 100.0 | 13.4 | 7.9 | 22.9 | 20.9 | 5.5 | 4.7 | 24.5 | 8 |
| First-line supervisors of firefighting and prevention workers | 100.0 | 11.9 | 1.6 | 6.7 | 23.3 | 12.3 | 5.5 | 39.1 | 13 |
| Bus drivers, transit and intercity | 100.0 | 4.4 | -- | 9.9 | 7.9 | 6.0 | -- | 71.0 | 45 |
| Elementary school teachers, except special education | 100.0 | 10.8 | -- | 6.7 | 27.9 | 18.3 | 7.9 | 22.5 | 10 |
| Registered nurses | 100.0 | 8.6 | 4.3 | 38.7 | 9.7 | 18.8 | 3.8 | 16.1 | 5 |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers | 100.0 | 10.3 | 10.9 | 16.8 | 7.1 | -- | 4.3 | 42.9 | 11 |
| Maintenance and repair workers, general | 100.0 | -- | -- | 14.1 | 13.5 | 13.5 | -- | 34.1 | 15 |
| Office clerks, general | 100.0 | 2.6 | 16.9 | 4.5 | 13.0 | 53.2 | -- | 9.1 | 11 |
| Water and wastewater treatment plant and system operators | 100.0 | 18.4 | 2.7 | 19.7 | 20.4 | 10.9 | -- | 25.9 | 7 |
| Detectives and criminal investigators | 100.0 | -- | -- | -- | 93.1 | -- | -- | 1.5 | 8 |
| Teaching assistants, special education | 100.0 | -- | -- | -- | 26.1 | 10.9 | -- | 28.6 | 10 |
| Eligibility interviewers, government programs | 100.0 | -- | -- | 17.7 | 14.2 | -- | -- | 2.7 | 13 |
| Subway and streetcar operators | 100.0 | -- | 7.3 | 22.7 | 15.5 | -- | -- | 46.4 | 20 |
| Court, municipal, and license clerks | 100.0 | 6.9 | -- | -- | 85.3 | -- | -- | 2.0 | 10 |
| Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks | 100.0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 7 |
| Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists | 100.0 | -- | -- | 25.0 | 25.0 | 32.1 | -- | 16.7 | 9 |
| First-line supervisors of correctional officers | 100.0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 72.2 | -- | -- | 11 |
| Bus drivers, school | 100.0 | -- | -- | 13.2 | 15.8 | -- | -- | 48.7 | 25 |
| Food preparation workers | 100.0 | -- | -- | 44.7 | -- | -- | -- | 26.3 | 5 |
| Substitute teachers, short-term | 100.0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 55.4 | 42 |
| Security guards | 100.0 | 15.8 | -- | 7.0 | 15.8 | 22.8 | -- | 35.1 | 12 |
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, November 8, 2023.