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, private industry, 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 | 6.3 | 2.6 | 9.0 | 15.2 | 17.0 | 12.2 | 37.8 | 20 |
| Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand | 100.0 | 3.5 | 1.1 | 7.6 | 14.2 | 18.5 | 11.2 | 43.8 | 26 |
| Stockers and order fillers | 100.0 | 3.3 | 1.6 | 6.2 | 12.3 | 13.8 | 12.1 | 50.7 | 31 |
| Retail salespersons | 100.0 | 3.4 | 2.5 | 8.4 | 9.5 | 16.3 | 18.0 | 41.6 | 25 |
| Heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers | 100.0 | 4.2 | 3.1 | 11.1 | 23.2 | 16.6 | 9.0 | 32.9 | 15 |
| Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse | 100.0 | 9.5 | 2.9 | 14.2 | 25.6 | 19.6 | 5.6 | 22.3 | 10 |
| Nursing assistants | 100.0 | 2.9 | 1.4 | 7.3 | 12.9 | 16.3 | 20.9 | 38.1 | 24 |
| Construction laborers | 100.0 | 17.4 | 1.4 | 7.4 | 12.8 | 11.4 | 19.8 | 30.0 | 20 |
| Light truck drivers | 100.0 | 1.9 | 1.2 | 8.6 | 19.1 | 24.2 | 11.7 | 33.3 | 20 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners | 100.0 | 3.7 | 2.7 | 10.4 | 16.7 | 18.4 | 11.2 | 36.8 | 19 |
| Registered nurses | 100.0 | 5.7 | 1.1 | 3.0 | 13.1 | 16.7 | 13.1 | 47.0 | 28 |
| Food preparation workers | 100.0 | 3.6 | 2.2 | 12.2 | 11.1 | 16.6 | 9.1 | 45.2 | 24 |
| Maids and housekeeping cleaners | 100.0 | 4.4 | 1.9 | 6.2 | 12.5 | 21.5 | 9.7 | 43.9 | 23 |
| Maintenance and repair workers, general | 100.0 | 8.5 | 4.6 | 10.9 | 16.5 | 12.0 | 18.7 | 29.2 | 18 |
| First-line supervisors of retail sales workers | 100.0 | 3.2 | 1.8 | 2.8 | 11.3 | 21.8 | 8.1 | 50.4 | 33 |
| Carpenters | 100.0 | 11.0 | 3.9 | 6.0 | 16.7 | 24.5 | 13.5 | 24.5 | 16 |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers | 100.0 | 5.5 | -- | 10.2 | 16.8 | 10.2 | 29.7 | 25.0 | 21 |
| Fast food and counter workers | 100.0 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 14.4 | 17.3 | 15.6 | 7.4 | 34.2 | 15 |
| Cashiers | 100.0 | 3.7 | 5.8 | 7.1 | 12.9 | 12.4 | 17.8 | 39.8 | 27 |
| Packers and packagers, hand | 100.0 | 11.8 | 2.8 | 10.0 | 19.9 | 14.2 | 6.2 | 34.6 | 15 |
| First-line supervisors of food preparation and serving workers | 100.0 | -- | -- | 16.7 | -- | 21.2 | 14.7 | 26.3 | 15 |
| Shipping, receiving, and inventory clerks | 100.0 | 7.3 | 6.0 | 8.7 | 10.0 | 22.7 | 10.7 | 34.7 | 17 |
| Personal care aides | 100.0 | 10.1 | -- | 6.5 | 18.8 | 16.7 | 9.4 | 36.2 | 16 |
| Driver/sales workers | 100.0 | 4.7 | 10.1 | 10.1 | 23.3 | 12.4 | 8.5 | 31.8 | 13 |
| Cargo and freight agents | 100.0 | -- | 4.7 | 24.0 | 3.1 | 24.8 | 20.2 | 22.5 | 20 |
| Customer service representatives | 100.0 | -- | -- | 12.4 | 9.1 | 26.4 | 9.9 | 40.5 | 21 |
| Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers | 100.0 | 3.5 | -- | 10.4 | 18.3 | 20.9 | 6.1 | 40.0 | 18 |
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.