Table 10. Percent distribution of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work (DAFW)[1] by selected occupations and number of days, state government, California, 2021-2022
| Occupation | Percent of cases involving | Median days | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total cases | 1 day | 2 days | 3 to 5 days | 6 to 10 days | 11 to 20 days | 21 to 30 days | 31 days or more | ||
| Total | 100.0 | 5.6 | 1.4 | 13.3 | 35.9 | 21.6 | 3.1 | 19.0 | 10 |
| Correctional officers and jailers | 100.0 | 6.6 | .5 | 4.3 | 52.8 | 13.9 | 5.3 | 16.6 | 9 |
| Psychiatric technicians | 100.0 | -- | -- | 10.6 | 20.3 | 39.1 | 3.9 | 25.4 | 14 |
| Firefighters | 100.0 | -- | -- | 40.5 | 17.5 | 25.4 | -- | -- | 8 |
| Police and sheriff’s patrol officers | 100.0 | 26.3 | 8.8 | 33.7 | 24.9 | -- | -- | -- | 4 |
| Registered nurses | 100.0 | 1.3 | -- | 3.8 | 45.6 | 25.6 | 2.5 | 19.4 | 10 |
| Food servers, nonrestaurant | 100.0 | -- | -- | -- | 22.3 | -- | -- | 33.1 | 13 |
| First-line supervisors of correctional officers | 100.0 | -- | -- | -- | 59.0 | 20.0 | -- | 19.0 | 9 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners | 100.0 | 3.3 | -- | 8.7 | 26.1 | 14.1 | 3.3 | 45.7 | 14 |
| First-line supervisors of firefighting and prevention workers | 100.0 | -- | -- | -- | 55.1 | -- | -- | -- | 9 |
| Security guards | 100.0 | -- | -- | 20.3 | 58.0 | -- | -- | 21.7 | 9 |
| Management analysts | 100.0 | 3.1 | 9.4 | 3.1 | 14.1 | 64.1 | -- | 4.7 | 18 |
| Nurse practitioners | 100.0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 74.1 | 41 |
| Automotive service technicians and mechanics | 100.0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 14 |
| Court, municipal, and license clerks | 100.0 | 10.6 | -- | 21.3 | 31.9 | 36.2 | -- | -- | 7 |
| Forest and conservation workers | 100.0 | -- | -- | -- | 100.0 | -- | -- | -- | 7.5 |
| Psychiatric aides | 100.0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 26.3 | -- | 36.8 | 18 |
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses | 100.0 | -- | -- | -- | 24.2 | 45.5 | 9.1 | 18.2 | 16 |
| Dental assistants | 100.0 | -- | -- | 25.0 | 46.9 | -- | -- | 28.1 | 8 |
| First-line supervisors of office and administrative support workers | 100.0 | -- | -- | -- | 13.3 | 76.7 | -- | -- | 15 |
| First-line supervisors of police and detectives | 100.0 | -- | -- | -- | 89.7 | -- | -- | 10.3 | 7 |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers | 100.0 | -- | -- | 15.4 | -- | 15.4 | 23.1 | 34.6 | 26 |
| Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists | 100.0 | -- | -- | 8.3 | 54.2 | -- | -- | 16.7 | 9 |
| Highway maintenance workers |
100.0 | -- | -- | -- | 34.8 | -- | -- | -- | 5.5 |
| Office clerks, general |
100.0 | -- | -- | 19.0 | 52.4 | 14.3 | -- | 9.5 | 8 |
| Pharmacists | 100.0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 95 |
| Pharmacy technicians |
100.0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 88.9 | -- | -- | 12 |
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, 2023.