Table 9. Percent distribution of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work[1] by major occupational group 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 |
Management occupations | 100.0 | 5.0 | 2.6 | 7.9 | 21.2 | 32.8 | 3.6 | 26.8 | 14 |
Business and financial operations occupations | 100.0 | 10.4 | 26.4 | 17.6 | 8.0 | 16.8 | 2.4 | 18.4 | 5 |
Computer and mathematical occupations | 100.0 | -- | -- | 73.3 | -- | 10.0 | -- | 6.7 | 5 |
Architecture and engineering occupations | 100.0 | 8.3 | -- | -- | 27.8 | 11.1 | -- | 38.9 | 14 |
Life, physical, and social science occupations | 100.0 | 8.2 | -- | 8.2 | 16.3 | -- | 28.6 | 36.7 | 30 |
Community and social service occupations | 100.0 | 1.2 | 5.0 | 8.1 | 21.1 | 50.3 | 7.5 | 6.8 | 12 |
Legal occupations | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Educational instruction and library occupations | 100.0 | 10.4 | 3.2 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 23.2 | 37.6 | 16.0 | 21 |
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations | 100.0 | 12.9 | -- | 16.1 | 32.3 | -- | -- | 38.7 | 7 |
Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations | 100.0 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 9.3 | 15.8 | 31.7 | 11.2 | 26.6 | 15 |
Healthcare support occupations | 100.0 | 5.3 | 3.6 | 5.8 | 15.8 | 35.9 | 11.0 | 22.8 | 14 |
Protective service occupations | 100.0 | 2.1 | 2.6 | 11.4 | 24.4 | 26.9 | 8.8 | 23.3 | 14 |
Food preparation and serving related occupations | 100.0 | 9.0 | 9.2 | 11.6 | 10.7 | 22.2 | 6.6 | 30.7 | 14 |
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations | 100.0 | 7.2 | 4.0 | 13.7 | 13.6 | 19.2 | 8.6 | 33.5 | 15 |
Personal care and service occupations | 100.0 | 8.2 | 3.5 | 51.0 | 9.7 | 8.2 | 1.0 | 18.3 | 5 |
Sales and related occupations | 100.0 | 3.1 | 6.4 | 9.7 | 17.1 | 32.5 | 8.6 | 22.5 | 13 |
Office and administrative support occupations | 100.0 | 5.3 | 3.1 | 7.5 | 29.2 | 28.3 | 7.7 | 18.9 | 12 |
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations | 100.0 | 9.4 | 4.1 | 13.4 | 19.1 | 18.7 | 9.3 | 26.0 | 12 |
Construction and extraction occupations | 100.0 | 8.1 | 9.3 | 15.2 | 13.0 | 16.9 | 6.7 | 30.9 | 14 |
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations | 100.0 | 7.2 | 6.4 | 15.4 | 12.0 | 20.0 | 6.7 | 32.2 | 14 |
Production occupations | 100.0 | 8.4 | 7.2 | 13.2 | 16.2 | 20.8 | 8.2 | 25.9 | 13 |
Transportation and material moving occupations | 100.0 | 7.0 | 3.4 | 10.2 | 13.9 | 20.0 | 7.8 | 37.7 | 16 |
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