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

1
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.