Table 9. Percent distribution of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work (DAFW)[1] by major occupational group and number of days away from work, private industry, California, 2021-2022
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 days or more | ||
Total | 100.0 | 8.4 | 5.8 | 16.4 | 23.4 | 15.2 | 4.9 | 25.9 | 10 |
Management occupations | 100.0 | 14.0 | 6.6 | 16.5 | 33.0 | 10.4 | 1.1 | 18.4 | 8 |
Business and financial operations occupations | 100.0 | 7.7 | 4.7 | 18.1 | 23.3 | 17.1 | 4.0 | 25.1 | 10 |
Computer and mathematical occupations | 100.0 | 8.6 | 2.2 | 34.4 | 35.5 | 3.2 | -- | 10.8 | 10 |
Architecture and engineering occupations | 100.0 | 14.2 | 5.3 | 12.4 | 41.6 | 2.7 | -- | 16.8 | 10 |
Life, physical, and social science occupations | 100.0 | -- | 6.8 | 16.9 | 33.9 | 19.2 | -- | 16.4 | 10 |
Community and social service occupations | 100.0 | 5.2 | 3.5 | 36.3 | 38.4 | 7.4 | -- | 8.0 | 7 |
Legal occupations | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Educational instruction and library occupations | 100.0 | 12.2 | -- | 29.3 | 17.6 | 6.9 | -- | 19.6 | 5 |
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations | 100.0 | 20.7 | 1.8 | -- | -- | 16.2 | 11.7 | 15.3 | 8 |
Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations | 100.0 | 4.5 | 3.7 | 13.0 | 33.9 | 17.1 | 4.3 | 23.6 | 10 |
Healthcare support occupations | 100.0 | 6.6 | 6.2 | 19.0 | 28.0 | 17.3 | 3.6 | 19.4 | 10 |
Protective service occupations | 100.0 | 13.4 | 9.7 | 14.9 | 17.8 | 14.9 | 4.1 | 25.7 | 8 |
Food preparation and serving related occupations | 100.0 | 10.3 | 6.6 | 22.5 | 24.5 | 15.0 | 4.5 | 16.6 | 8 |
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations | 100.0 | 8.8 | 6.7 | 22.3 | 14.4 | 14.3 | 6.5 | 26.9 | 10 |
Personal care and service occupations | 100.0 | 8.2 | 3.9 | 24.4 | -- | 9.5 | 3.9 | 18.0 | 7 |
Sales and related occupations | 100.0 | 6.9 | 4.6 | 13.1 | 30.1 | 20.1 | 3.9 | 21.4 | 10 |
Office and administrative support occupations | 100.0 | 8.5 | 6.4 | 14.8 | 25.2 | 21.0 | 3.0 | 21.0 | 10 |
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations | 100.0 | 8.7 | 9.0 | 16.2 | 17.2 | 10.1 | 6.8 | 32.1 | 10 |
Construction and extraction occupations | 100.0 | 13.1 | 5.5 | 14.6 | 14.9 | 13.7 | 6.8 | 31.4 | 13 |
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations | 100.0 | 11.0 | 7.7 | 19.7 | 18.2 | 9.2 | 6.9 | 27.3 | 9 |
Production occupations | 100.0 | 12.9 | 7.9 | 16.6 | 18.8 | 11.7 | 5.0 | 27.2 | 10 |
Transportation and material moving occupations | 100.0 | 5.5 | 4.5 | 11.2 | 20.3 | 17.3 | 5.6 | 35.6 | 14 |
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.