Table 10. Percent distribution of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work, job transfer, or restriction (DART)[1] by selected occupations and number of days, private industry, California, 2021-2022
Occupation | Percent of cases involving | Median days | |||||||
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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 | 6.4 | 3.8 | 12.1 | 19.7 | 16.2 | 7.7 | 34.2 | 14 |
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand | 100.0 | 4.8 | 2.9 | 9.0 | 13.2 | 19.6 | 8.4 | 42.1 | 21 |
Stockers and order fillers | 100.0 | 2.5 | 1.5 | 6.4 | 28.0 | 17.6 | 7.2 | 36.7 | 14 |
Heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers | 100.0 | 3.3 | 2.7 | 9.0 | 14.5 | 12.5 | 8.1 | 49.8 | 30 |
Retail salespersons | 100.0 | 4.1 | 2.7 | 9.8 | 15.1 | 23.6 | 10.5 | 34.3 | 15 |
Registered nurses | 100.0 | 3.1 | 1.5 | 7.6 | 24.9 | 16.2 | 6.9 | 39.8 | 17 |
Nursing assistants | 100.0 | 3.7 | 3.2 | 11.4 | 21.4 | 19.6 | 9.7 | 30.8 | 14 |
Light truck drivers | 100.0 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 6.0 | 12.4 | 16.3 | 8.1 | 54.1 | 34 |
Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse | 100.0 | 8.9 | 5.7 | 15.8 | 18.5 | 16.6 | 6.1 | 28.3 | 11 |
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners | 100.0 | 4.1 | 3.2 | 16.2 | 13.2 | 16.2 | 8.2 | 39.2 | 17 |
Construction laborers | 100.0 | 13.9 | 2.2 | 8.3 | 13.9 | 9.6 | 16.4 | 35.6 | 23 |
Maids and housekeeping cleaners | 100.0 | 4.7 | 3.3 | 12.4 | 15.1 | 19.3 | 7.6 | 37.5 | 16 |
Fast food and counter workers | 100.0 | 7.4 | 4.7 | 18.2 | 22.2 | 19.2 | 5.9 | 22.2 | 10 |
Food preparation workers | 100.0 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 14.5 | 24.4 | 14.5 | 6.2 | 32.4 | 11 |
Maintenance and repair workers, general | 100.0 | 6.2 | 3.8 | 15.0 | 21.3 | 12.3 | 7.9 | 33.7 | 14 |
First-line supervisors of retail sales workers | 100.0 | 1.9 | 1.7 | 9.5 | 27.8 | 16.7 | 4.7 | 37.7 | 14 |
Carpenters | 100.0 | 11.2 | 5.0 | 13.5 | 14.9 | 17.5 | 8.7 | 29.0 | 15 |
Personal care aides | 100.0 | 7.3 | 2.0 | 15.0 | 31.4 | 16.2 | 4.8 | 23.0 | 10 |
Customer service representatives | 100.0 | 8.1 | 2.2 | 9.7 | 11.2 | 42.6 | 3.1 | 22.8 | 14 |
First-line supervisors of food preparation and serving workers | 100.0 | -- | -- | 18.9 | 18.4 | 14.3 | 6.9 | 19.5 | 10 |
Automotive service technicians and mechanics | 100.0 | 5.9 | 14.4 | 14.4 | 17.3 | 9.4 | 6.8 | 32.0 | 10 |
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers | 100.0 | 9.7 | 8.3 | 13.8 | 14.5 | 11.4 | 16.0 | 26.3 | 13 |
Cashiers | 100.0 | 3.1 | 4.5 | 9.1 | 17.3 | 13.2 | 11.5 | 40.9 | 23 |
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses | 100.0 | 3.7 | 1.6 | 10.5 | 28.8 | 25.8 | 5.3 | 24.5 | 11 |
Packers and packagers, hand | 100.0 | 8.1 | 4.4 | 11.2 | 14.1 | 12.5 | 8.9 | 40.7 | 20 |
Receptionists and information clerks | 100.0 | 15.5 | 9.2 | -- | 24.4 | 13.2 | .9 | 32.5 | 10 |
Driver/sales workers | 100.0 | 2.1 | 5.0 | 14.1 | 24.3 | 11.1 | 7.3 | 36.4 | 15 |
Footnotes
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- Cases involving days away from work, job transfer, or restriction (DART) are the sum of cases with days away from work (DAFW) and cases involving only days of job transfer or restriction (DJTR). Days-away-from-work cases include those that resulted in days away from work, some of which may also include days of job transfer or restriction. 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.