Table 14. Percent distribution of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work[1] by time, hours on the job, and day of week and number of days away from work, private industry, California, 2020

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 6.3 5.0 11.8 15.6 24.9 8.5 28.0 14
Time of event: 12:01 AM - 4:00 AM 100.0 7.0 7.8 12.7 9.4 12.3 6.1 44.3 23
4:01 AM - 8:00 AM 100.0 11.5 5.2 17.9 12.7 13.6 7.9 31.2 13
8:01 AM - 12:00 PM 100.0 9.4 5.1 15.0 11.5 15.5 9.4 34.1 15
12:01 PM - 4:00 PM 100.0 8.6 9.1 14.0 10.8 18.2 7.0 32.4 14
4:01 PM - 8:00 PM 100.0 7.2 8.8 12.2 12.0 13.3 6.0 40.3 17
8:01 PM - 12:00 AM 100.0 10.9 3.4 15.4 8.8 13.7 11.8 36.1 19
Not reported 100.0 3.1 3.2 8.5 20.3 35.0 8.8 21.2 14
Hours on the job before event occurred: Occurred before shift began 100.0 5.4 17.9 10.7 8.9 16.1 12.5 28.6 12
Less than 1 hour 100.0 7.0 5.7 10.2 14.4 25.2 7.1 30.4 15
1 - 2 hours 100.0 12.3 6.6 10.3 8.7 13.3 10.4 38.3 20
2 - 4 hours 100.0 10.1 6.0 17.5 10.8 13.8 8.3 33.5 12
4 - 6 hours 100.0 8.9 6.4 12.9 12.5 14.8 8.5 36.0 15
6 - 8 hours 100.0 8.6 9.1 15.7 11.6 14.3 6.0 34.7 14
8 - 10 hours 100.0 8.7 6.3 15.0 11.6 14.2 7.9 36.5 14
10 - 12 hours 100.0 13.8 8.5 13.2 15.9 11.6 6.3 31.2 10
12 - 16 hours 100.0 3.9 1.7 53.9 2.8 8.9 5.6 23.9 5
More than 16 hours 100.0 -- -- 15.8 -- -- -- 68.4 70
Not reported 100.0 3.4 3.3 8.6 19.7 34.3 9.0 21.7 14
Day of week: Sunday 100.0 4.0 4.6 5.7 14.1 29.9 7.8 33.8 15
Monday 100.0 5.4 4.1 12.3 18.0 24.8 9.8 25.5 14
Tuesday 100.0 7.0 5.8 12.3 13.3 28.7 6.4 26.5 14
Wednesday 100.0 6.2 6.2 11.7 16.2 22.7 9.3 27.6 14
Thursday 100.0 6.8 3.6 15.6 18.5 22.3 7.3 26.0 13
Friday 100.0 5.8 5.6 11.8 13.5 25.3 10.7 27.3 14
Satruday 100.0 8.5 4.4 7.6 13.9 21.3 7.7 36.5 16

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