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 | |||||||
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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 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
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- 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