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, private industry, California, 2020

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 6.3 5.0 11.8 15.6 24.9 8.5 28.0 14
Registered nurses 100.0 2.9 3.8 6.3 8.1 34.5 14.3 30.2 19
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand 100.0 10.6 3.2 9.5 13.8 19.9 9.9 33.0 16
Nursing assistants 100.0 5.8 4.8 5.2 15.7 37.9 7.9 22.7 14
Stockers and order fillers 100.0 5.2 4.6 9.8 15.3 25.9 5.2 33.8 14
Personal care aides 100.0 6.5 1.1 5.0 14.9 35.9 13.2 23.4 14
Heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers 100.0 5.3 2.6 10.4 8.6 17.2 6.5 49.4 30
Retail salespersons 100.0 4.0 10.6 11.6 15.8 31.4 6.4 20.3 13
Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse 100.0 10.8 4.3 14.5 15.9 18.3 10.6 25.8 12
Maids and housekeeping cleaners 100.0 5.0 4.8 9.5 13.3 20.6 12.3 34.6 18
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners 100.0 9.6 4.1 11.2 18.9 18.1 9.0 28.8 14
Light truck drivers 100.0 4.9 3.1 7.1 11.3 11.3 9.5 52.5 36
First-line supervisors of retail sales workers 100.0 2.1 4.1 4.1 23.7 39.5 1.0 25.1 12
Maintenance and repair workers, general 100.0 7.8 11.3 23.0 8.9 23.8 2.1 23.0 9
Animal caretakers 100.0 11.2 4.4 71.1 6.0 4.8 -- 2.0 3
Fast food and counter workers 100.0 9.9 6.5 17.7 10.8 25.4 9.9 19.8 14
Carpenters 100.0 11.6 20.4 4.9 22.7 9.3 6.2 24.9 9
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses 100.0 2.7 2.2 7.2 12.1 41.3 11.7 22.9 14
Construction laborers 100.0 9.1 6.1 14.6 14.6 15.7 10.1 29.8 14
Food preparation workers 100.0 14.7 10.0 14.0 8.7 22.7 6.7 23.3 11
Medical and health services managers 100.0 1.4 6.1 4.1 27.7 33.1 6.1 21.6 14
Security guards 100.0 2.0 2.7 12.9 26.5 23.8 8.8 22.4 14
Cashiers 100.0 5.1 6.6 8.0 8.8 21.9 16.1 33.6 19
Automotive service technicians and mechanics 100.0 4.4 3.7 10.3 21.3 23.5 12.5 23.5 14
Cooks, restaurant 100.0 4.5 6.8 6.8 3.0 17.3 9.0 52.6 42
Pest control workers 100.0 2.5 -- -- -- -- 2.5 46.6 14
Medical assistants 100.0 2.6 4.3 -- 12.9 52.6 16.4 10.3 19

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 3, 2021