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, 2017
| 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 | 11.5 | 8.9 | 16.1 | 10.4 | 10.7 | 7.9 | 34.6 | 13 |
| Management occupations | 100.0 | 11.7 | 6.7 | 11.7 | 13.4 | 10.1 | 9.5 | 37.4 | 17 |
| Business and financial operations occupations | 100.0 | 16.7 | 5.0 | 7.5 | 4.2 | 6.7 | 32.5 | 28.3 | 30 |
| Computer and mathematical occupations | 100.0 | 18.5 | -- | 44.4 | -- | 7.4 | 7.4 | 18.5 | 3 |
| Architecture and engineering occupations | 100.0 | 24.0 | 16.0 | 8.0 | -- | 8.0 | -- | 36.0 | 7 |
| Life, physical, and social science occupations | 100.0 | 8.0 | 28.0 | 16.0 | 12.0 | -- | 8.0 | 28.0 | 7 |
| Community and social service occupations | 100.0 | 15.2 | 10.7 | 30.4 | 14.3 | 5.4 | 11.6 | 12.5 | 4 |
| Legal occupations | 100.0 | -- | 61.5 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 23.1 | 2 |
| Educational instruction and library occupations | 100.0 | 18.7 | 16.8 | 15.0 | 3.7 | 8.4 | 6.5 | 29.9 | 5 |
| Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations | 100.0 | 8.7 | 5.8 | 13.0 | 14.5 | 7.2 | 8.7 | 40.6 | 20 |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations | 100.0 | 18.8 | 9.8 | 16.5 | 7.9 | 10.0 | 6.4 | 30.5 | 8 |
| Healthcare support occupations | 100.0 | 19.2 | 11.7 | 17.7 | 7.7 | 10.9 | 6.0 | 26.6 | 6 |
| Protective service occupations | 100.0 | 10.8 | 9.4 | 13.7 | 14.4 | 10.8 | 9.4 | 31.7 | 12 |
| Food preparation and serving related occupations | 100.0 | 10.9 | 10.5 | 17.4 | 14.5 | 13.3 | 9.0 | 24.5 | 10 |
| Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations | 100.0 | 7.9 | 5.7 | 23.3 | 8.7 | 9.2 | 10.5 | 34.8 | 15 |
| Personal care and service occupations | 100.0 | 12.2 | 12.2 | 21.1 | 11.1 | 13.0 | 3.7 | 27.0 | 7 |
| Sales and related occupations | 100.0 | 14.3 | 9.8 | 12.7 | 10.2 | 10.5 | 7.9 | 34.6 | 13 |
| Office and administrative support occupations | 100.0 | 9.0 | 7.2 | 15.8 | 8.1 | 11.8 | 5.8 | 42.3 | 18 |
| Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations | 100.0 | 12.3 | 10.1 | 16.3 | 13.7 | 12.1 | 10.6 | 25.2 | 10 |
| Construction and extraction occupations | 100.0 | 7.2 | 9.5 | 13.4 | 10.5 | 10.4 | 4.6 | 44.2 | 20 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations | 100.0 | 12.8 | 7.8 | 11.7 | 12.8 | 11.8 | 8.2 | 34.9 | 14 |
| Production occupations | 100.0 | 11.6 | 8.1 | 18.7 | 10.6 | 7.5 | 7.4 | 36.0 | 11 |
| Transportation and material moving occupations | 100.0 | 10.1 | 7.4 | 14.2 | 9.5 | 11.3 | 8.0 | 39.6 | 18 |
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 8, 2018.