Table 10. Percent distribution of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days of job transfer or restriction (DJTR)[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 | 5.0 | 2.0 | 13.2 | 16.8 | 15.3 | 10.2 | 37.4 | 18 |
| Police and sheriff’s patrol officers | 100.0 | 6.6 | 11.6 | 16.7 | 24.2 | -- | 5.6 | 25.8 | 9 |
| Elementary school teachers, except special education | 100.0 | 12.8 | -- | 22.6 | 35.3 | 9.8 | -- | 16.5 | 7 |
| Teaching assistants, special education | 100.0 | -- | -- | 9.3 | 27.1 | 19.4 | -- | 37.2 | 13 |
| Teaching assistants, preschool, elementary, middle, and secondary school, except special education | 100.0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 22.8 | 12.6 | 30.7 | 17 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners | 100.0 | -- | -- | 12.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 7.0 | 52.0 | 43 |
| Maintenance and repair workers, general | 100.0 | -- | -- | 10.7 | 13.3 | 16.0 | 17.3 | 40.0 | 24 |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers | 100.0 | -- | -- | -- | 22.4 | 19.4 | 7.5 | 41.8 | 20 |
| First-line supervisors of police and detectives | 100.0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 45.6 | 29 |
| Registered nurses | 100.0 | 7.3 | -- | 10.9 | 30.9 | 18.2 | 5.5 | 29.1 | 14 |
| Office clerks, general | 100.0 | -- | -- | 13.7 | 3.9 | 15.7 | -- | 54.9 | 51 |
| Correctional officers and jailers | 100.0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 24.4 | 13.3 | 57.8 | 40 |
| Water and wastewater treatment plant and system operators | 100.0 | -- | -- | 9.3 | 14.0 | -- | 9.3 | 55.8 | 31 |
| Preschool teachers, except special education | 100.0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 3 |
| Nursing assistants | 100.0 | -- | -- | -- | 6.1 | 21.2 | 15.2 | 48.5 | 29 |
| Recreation workers | 100.0 | -- | -- | -- | 25.8 | -- | 12.9 | 16.1 | 13 |
| Firefighters | 100.0 | -- | 23.3 | -- | 26.7 | 13.3 | -- | -- | 7 |
| Public safety telecommunicators | 100.0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 30 |
| Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers | 100.0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 11 |
| Refuse and recyclable material collectors | 100.0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 16.0 | 21 |
| Security guards | 100.0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 45.8 | 26 |
| Food preparation workers | 100.0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 102 |
| Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists | 100.0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 87.5 | 134 |
| Bus drivers, school | 100.0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 28.6 | -- | 23.8 | 15 |
| Septic tank servicers and sewer pipe cleaners | 100.0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 47.6 | 27 |
| First-line supervisors of mechanics, installers, and repairers | 100.0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 17 |
| Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks | 100.0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 89.5 | 67 |
Footnotes
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- Days of job transfer or restriction cases include those that result in only days of 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.