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, state government, 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 | 6.9 | 5.2 | 8.5 | 18.5 | 22.0 | 10.0 | 28.9 | 14 |
| Correctional officers and jailers | 100.0 | -- | 3.2 | 4.8 | 18.3 | 25.3 | 9.7 | 38.2 | 17 |
| Police and sheriff’s patrol officers | 100.0 | 10.5 | 2.6 | 31.6 | 31.6 | 11.8 | -- | 11.8 | 7 |
| Registered nurses | 100.0 | 5.4 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 24.3 | 23.0 | 8.1 | 31.1 | 14 |
| Firefighters | 100.0 | 21.3 | 12.8 | 8.5 | 12.8 | 34.0 | -- | -- | 6 |
| Highway maintenance workers | 100.0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 39.0 | 15 |
| Psychiatric technicians | 100.0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 40.5 | 45.9 | 27 |
| First-line supervisors of correctional officers | 100.0 | -- | -- | -- | 18.5 | 44.4 | 18.5 | 18.5 | 19 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners | 100.0 | -- | -- | 11.1 | 11.1 | 27.8 | -- | 33.3 | 14 |
| First-line supervisors of firefighting and prevention workers | 100.0 | -- | -- | -- | 17.6 | -- | -- | 47.1 | 21 |
| Health information technologists, medical registrars, surgical assistants, and healthcare practitioners and technical workers, all other | 100.0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 60.0 | -- | 22 |
| Psychiatric aides | 100.0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 91 |
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses | 100.0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 18.2 | -- | 54.5 | 33 |
| Administrative services managers | 100.0 | -- | -- | -- | 88.9 | -- | -- | -- | 10 |
| Forest and conservation workers | 100.0 | -- | -- | 33.3 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 4 |
| First-line supervisors of police and detectives | 100.0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 69 |
| Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters | 100.0 | 50.0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 50.0 | 12 |
| Health information technologists and medical registrars | 100.0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 6 |
| Orderlies | 100.0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 2 |
| File clerks | 100.0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 50.0 | -- | -- | 15 |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers | 100.0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 11 |
| Physician assistants | 100.0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 50.0 | -- | -- | 13 |
| Medical dosimetrists, medical records specialists, and health technologists and technicians, all other | 100.0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 60.0 | -- | -- | 18 |
| Secretaries and administrative assistants, except legal, medical, and executive |
100.0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 7 |
| Food servers, nonrestaurant |
100.0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 3 |
| School bus monitors and protective service workers, all other | 100.0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 100.0 | 90 |
| Physical therapists |
100.0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 111 |
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