Table 10. Percent distribution of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work[1] by selected occupations and number of days away from work, local government, California, 2018
| Occupation | Percent of cases involving | Median days away from work | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 8.7 | 8.7 | 12.5 | 12.0 | 13.6 | 6.4 | 38.0 | 16 |
| Police and sheriff’s patrol officers | 100.0 | 6.2 | 16.5 | 12.5 | 12.2 | 9.5 | 4.6 | 38.5 | 13 |
| Firefighters | 100.0 | 3.6 | 7.2 | 13.4 | 5.7 | 21.6 | 5.7 | 42.8 | 19 |
| Teacher assistants | 100.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 12.0 | 15.8 | 10.3 | 6.5 | 43.5 | 21 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners | 100.0 | 7.3 | 5.6 | 16.3 | 9.0 | 15.2 | 12.9 | 34.3 | 19 |
| Elementary school teachers, except special education | 100.0 | 21.8 | 21.0 | 19.3 | 10.1 | -- | 7.6 | 20.2 | 4 |
| First-line supervisors of firefighting and prevention workers | 100.0 | -- | -- | 4.9 | 7.4 | 25.9 | -- | 56.8 | 70 |
| Bus drivers, transit and intercity | 100.0 | -- | -- | 10.1 | 3.8 | 26.6 | 3.8 | 54.4 | 42 |
| Maintenance and repair workers, general | 100.0 | 12.7 | 3.8 | 8.9 | 30.4 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 38.0 | 10 |
| First-line supervisors of police and detectives | 100.0 | -- | -- | 9.6 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 5.8 | 59.6 | 38 |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers | 100.0 | 20.0 | -- | 14.0 | 24.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 20.0 | 9 |
| Correctional officers and jailers | 100.0 | -- | 8.7 | 8.7 | 8.7 | 15.2 | 13.0 | 41.3 | 25 |
| Registered nurses | 100.0 | -- | 8.3 | 19.4 | 5.6 | 25.0 | 11.1 | 25.0 | 15 |
| Office clerks, general | 100.0 | 22.9 | 8.6 | 14.3 | 8.6 | 14.3 | 5.7 | 25.7 | 9 |
| Bus drivers, school or special client | 100.0 | -- | -- | 8.8 | -- | 35.3 | -- | 38.2 | 18 |
| Refuse and recyclable material collectors | 100.0 | 34.5 | -- | -- | -- | 17.2 | 17.2 | -- | 12 |
| Food preparation workers | 100.0 | -- | -- | 7.4 | 18.5 | 48.1 | -- | 18.5 | 15 |
| Subway and streetcar operators | 100.0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 66.7 | 36 |
| Emergency medical technicians and paramedics | 100.0 | -- | -- | 61.5 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 5 |
| Secretaries and administrative assistants, except legal, medical, and executive | 100.0 | -- | 15.4 | 11.5 | -- | 42.3 | 19.2 | -- | 13 |
| First-line supervisors of food preparation and serving workers | 100.0 | -- | -- | -- | 44.0 | -- | -- | -- | 7 |
| Water and wastewater treatment plant and system operators | 100.0 | -- | 20.0 | -- | -- | 36.0 | -- | 20.0 | 11 |
| Nursing assistants | 100.0 | -- | 20.8 | 8.3 | -- | -- | -- | 50.0 | 32 |
| Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists | 100.0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 12.5 | -- | 54.2 | 35 |
| Recreation workers | 100.0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 11.1 | -- | 33.3 | 9 |
| Security guards | 100.0 | -- | 37.5 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 50.0 | 14 |
| Highway maintenance workers | 100.0 | -- | -- | 18.8 | 12.5 | -- | -- | 31.3 | 8 |
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 7, 2019.