Table 8. Percent distribution of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work[1] by selected worker characteristics and number of days away from work, state government, California, 2017

Characteristic 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 4.4 7.7 18.5 13.4 12.8 6.7 36.5 14
Gender: Male 100.0 2.8 8.7 19.3 15.0 14.8 5.6 34.1 11
Female 100.0 7.4 6.0 17.1 10.6 9.2 9.2 40.6 20
Age: 14 to 15 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
16 to 19 100.0 -- -- 50.0 -- -- -- -- 5
20 to 24 100.0 -- 14.3 19.0 -- -- -- 52.4 32
25 to 34 100.0 11.1 5.1 14.1 20.2 11.1 7.1 31.3 10
35 to 44 100.0 2.0 12.1 22.1 13.4 18.8 2.7 28.2 11
45 to 54 100.0 4.8 6.1 17.6 13.9 12.1 7.9 37.6 17
55 to 64 100.0 2.3 7.0 20.3 8.6 13.3 10.2 38.3 19
65 and over 100.0 -- -- 13.0 8.7 -- -- 60.9 46
Length of service with employer: Less than 3 months 100.0 -- 14.3 14.3 28.6 -- 10.7 25.0 10
3 to 11 months 100.0 23.1 -- 11.5 30.8 7.7 7.7 15.4 6
1 to 5 years 100.0 3.2 12.3 17.5 11.7 18.2 5.2 31.8 11
5 or more years 100.0 3.9 5.8 20.5 11.6 12.6 7.4 38.7 15
Race or ethnic origin[2]: White 100.0 5.1 -- 7.7 7.7 17.9 -- 59.0 53
Hispanic or Latino 100.0 5.0 -- 25.0 12.5 15.0 10.0 32.5 15
Black or African American 100.0 -- -- 27.3 -- -- -- 45.5 29
Asian 100.0 33.3 -- -- -- 22.2 -- 44.4 13
American Indian or Alaska Native -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Multi-race -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Hispanic and other -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

Footnotes

1
Days-away-from-work cases include those that result in days away from work with or without job transfer or restriction.
2
Race and ethnicity data do not add to total. Some cases may be counted as both "Multi-race" and "Hispanic and other" race.

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.