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, 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 | 7.5 | 5.1 | 13.3 | 13.3 | 12.9 | 7.3 | 40.5 | 18 |
| Correctional officers and jailers | 100.0 | 3.6 | 2.2 | 6.6 | 10.2 | 19.0 | 5.1 | 52.6 | 35 |
| Police and sheriff’s patrol officers | 100.0 | 44.4 | -- | -- | 4.4 | -- | -- | 48.9 | 13 |
| Psychiatric technicians | 100.0 | -- | -- | 6.8 | 18.2 | 15.9 | 20.5 | 31.8 | 21 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners | 100.0 | 6.1 | 6.1 | 18.2 | 6.1 | 15.2 | 9.1 | 36.4 | 19 |
| Firefighters | 100.0 | -- | -- | 20.0 | 40.0 | -- | -- | -- | 9 |
| Registered nurses | 100.0 | -- | -- | 30.4 | 26.1 | -- | -- | 30.4 | 7 |
| First-line supervisors of correctional officers | 100.0 | -- | -- | 30.8 | -- | 30.8 | -- | 30.8 | 19 |
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses | 100.0 | -- | 16.7 | 16.7 | 25.0 | -- | -- | 33.3 | 7 |
| Court, municipal, and license clerks | 100.0 | -- | -- | 50.0 | 25.0 | -- | -- | 16.7 | 5 |
| First-line supervisors of food preparation and serving workers | 100.0 | -- | -- | 44.4 | -- | -- | -- | 44.4 | 14 |
| First-line supervisors of firefighting and prevention workers | 100.0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 75.0 | 109 |
| Forest and conservation workers | 100.0 | -- | 37.5 | 25.0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 2 |
| Human resources managers | 100.0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 71.4 | -- | 28.6 | 14 |
| First-line supervisors of transportation and material moving workers, except aircraft cargo handling supervisors | 100.0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 85.7 | 47 |
| First-line supervisors of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand | 100.0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 85.7 | 47 |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers | 100.0 | -- | -- | -- | 28.6 | -- | 28.6 | 28.6 | 23 |
| Cooks, institution and cafeteria | 100.0 | -- | -- | 50.0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 4 |
| Management analysts | 100.0 | -- | -- | -- | 40.0 | -- | -- | -- | 9 |
| Electricians | 100.0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 80.0 | 61 |
| Office clerks, general | 100.0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 60.0 | 177 |
| Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand | 100.0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 60.0 | 77 |
| Maintenance and repair workers, general | 100.0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 60.0 | 86 |
| Dietetic technicians | 100.0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 40.0 | 12 |
| Personal service managers, all other; entertainment and recreation managers, except gambling; and managers, all other | 100.0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 12 |
| Nursing assistants | 100.0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 60.0 | 29 |
| Compliance officers | 100.0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 15 |
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, July 26, 2021