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, 2019
| 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 | 12.8 | 9.2 | 16.3 | 10.6 | 9.9 | 6.2 | 35.0 | 11 |
| Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand | 100.0 | 10.5 | 6.0 | 14.3 | 6.5 | 10.2 | 5.8 | 46.3 | 23 |
| Heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers | 100.0 | 9.4 | 6.9 | 15.2 | 9.2 | 6.4 | 13.8 | 39.1 | 24 |
| Stockers and order fillers | 100.0 | 10.7 | 15.0 | 12.5 | 8.6 | 13.4 | 7.5 | 32.4 | 13 |
| Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse | 100.0 | 13.8 | 6.8 | 15.6 | 10.7 | 15.4 | 3.9 | 34.1 | 14 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners | 100.0 | 7.6 | 7.9 | 15.5 | 17.3 | 11.6 | 8.7 | 31.8 | 12 |
| Light truck drivers | 100.0 | 4.3 | 5.1 | 9.4 | 9.7 | 8.7 | 4.3 | 58.1 | 54 |
| Fast food and counter workers | 100.0 | 13.6 | 4.8 | 14.4 | 16.8 | 17.6 | 7.2 | 25.6 | 12 |
| Maids and housekeeping cleaners | 100.0 | 19.0 | 11.7 | 11.7 | 8.5 | 8.9 | 7.7 | 33.1 | 10 |
| Food preparation workers | 100.0 | 12.2 | 7.3 | 22.8 | 11.8 | 16.7 | 2.0 | 27.2 | 6 |
| Registered nurses | 100.0 | 12.3 | 7.0 | 14.4 | 13.2 | 9.1 | 4.9 | 39.1 | 13 |
| Construction laborers | 100.0 | 14.4 | 11.9 | 24.2 | 8.1 | 8.1 | 6.8 | 26.7 | 5 |
| Retail salespersons | 100.0 | 8.1 | 9.4 | 17.5 | 10.7 | 6.0 | 12.0 | 35.9 | 16 |
| Nursing assistants | 100.0 | 16.3 | 9.6 | 14.8 | 12.0 | 8.6 | 5.3 | 34.4 | 10 |
| Carpenters | 100.0 | 12.6 | 5.8 | 18.4 | 9.2 | 6.8 | 10.2 | 36.9 | 15 |
| Cooks, restaurant | 100.0 | 22.3 | 16.0 | 13.3 | 16.5 | 10.6 | 3.7 | 17.0 | 5 |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers | 100.0 | 14.7 | 10.2 | 5.1 | 15.3 | 10.7 | 2.3 | 41.8 | 14 |
| Maintenance and repair workers, general | 100.0 | 13.4 | 6.1 | 13.4 | 8.5 | 12.2 | 7.9 | 37.8 | 14 |
| Waiters and waitresses | 100.0 | 28.6 | 11.7 | 25.3 | 7.1 | 1.9 | 7.1 | 17.5 | 4 |
| First-line supervisors of retail sales workers | 100.0 | 18.5 | 13.1 | 16.2 | 6.9 | 3.8 | 3.1 | 37.7 | 8 |
| Personal care aides | 100.0 | 18.3 | 16.5 | 18.3 | 10.4 | 12.2 | -- | 25.2 | 5 |
| Security guards | 100.0 | 17.4 | 7.8 | 15.7 | 4.3 | 11.3 | 3.5 | 40.9 | 19 |
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses | 100.0 | 6.2 | 28.3 | 6.2 | 12.4 | 7.1 | 4.4 | 36.3 | 8 |
| Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers | 100.0 | 13.1 | 1.9 | 7.5 | 12.1 | -- | -- | 64.5 | 130 |
| Cashiers | 100.0 | 20.0 | 5.7 | 18.1 | 8.6 | 19.0 | 6.7 | 21.0 | 8 |
| Dishwashers | 100.0 | 12.6 | 15.5 | 24.3 | 16.5 | 4.9 | 2.9 | 24.3 | 5 |
| First-line supervisors of food preparation and serving workers | 100.0 | 14.4 | 21.6 | 3.1 | 13.4 | 4.1 | -- | 42.3 | 7 |
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, July 26, 2021