Table 10. Percent distribution of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work[1] by selected occupations and number of days away from work, local government, California, 2017

Occupation Percent of cases involving Median days away from work
Total cases 1 day 2 days 3 to 5 days 6 to 10 days 11 to 20 days 21 to 30 days 31 or more days
Total 100.0 9.5 6.8 12.7 11.4 10.4 7.6 41.6 20
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers 100.0 7.0 6.7 16.6 9.9 11.0 9.1 39.7 16
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners 100.0 7.8 2.3 9.2 8.8 12.9 7.8 50.7 36
Teacher assistants 100.0 16.2 -- 16.8 16.2 8.1 4.6 35.8 9
Firefighters 100.0 8.8 4.1 12.3 11.1 12.9 7.6 43.9 24
First-line supervisors of firefighting and prevention workers 100.0 -- -- 12.4 5.3 15.0 10.6 52.2 32
Maintenance and repair workers, general 100.0 5.5 -- 3.3 16.5 8.8 6.6 59.3 51
First-line supervisors of police and detectives 100.0 5.8 -- 18.8 7.2 7.2 4.3 56.5 40
Elementary school teachers, except special education 100.0 -- 12.1 19.0 -- -- 24.1 32.8 23
Bus drivers, transit and intercity 100.0 5.8 -- 7.7 21.2 9.6 -- 51.9 33
Water and wastewater treatment plant and system operators 100.0 -- -- -- 12.5 54.2 -- -- 19
Construction laborers 100.0 52.2 -- -- 34.8 -- -- 10.9 1
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers 100.0 10.0 7.5 20.0 12.5 7.5 -- 35.0 8
Correctional officers and jailers 100.0 -- -- 26.5 -- 32.4 8.8 29.4 11
Registered nurses 100.0 -- -- 28.1 -- 12.5 9.4 31.3 13
Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop 100.0 50.0 -- -- -- -- -- 13.3 27
Parking enforcement workers 100.0 -- 22.2 11.1 -- -- -- 40.7 22
Bus drivers, school or special client 100.0 -- 51.9 -- -- -- -- 40.7 2
Highway maintenance workers 100.0 -- -- 16.0 -- 28.0 32.0 24.0 22
Office clerks, general 100.0 -- 28.0 12.0 -- -- -- 40.0 7
Preschool teachers, except special education 100.0 -- -- -- -- -- -- 100.0 180
Secondary school teachers, except special and career/technical education 100.0 22.7 -- -- -- -- -- 54.5 54
Security guards 100.0 -- 19.0 42.9 -- -- -- 19.0 4
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters 100.0 -- -- -- -- -- -- 65.0 32
Subway and streetcar operators 100.0 -- -- -- 15.0 15.0 -- 60.0 98
First-line supervisors of mechanics, installers, and repairers 100.0 -- -- -- -- -- -- 26.3 2
Painters, construction and maintenance 100.0 -- -- -- -- -- -- 64.7 180

Footnotes

1
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, 2018.