Table 10. Percent distribution of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work, job transfer, or restriction (DART)[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 5.4 1.5 12.2 32.4 20.3 5.4 22.8 10
Correctional officers and jailers 100.0 6.4 .5 4.3 51.1 14.4 5.2 18.2 9
Psychiatric technicians 100.0 -- -- 9.8 20.9 29.3 14.1 25.2 17
Firefighters 100.0 -- -- 40.5 17.5 25.4 -- -- 8
Police and sheriff’s patrol officers 100.0 22.4 7.5 36.9 21.2 7.9 -- .8 4
Registered nurses 100.0 1.0 -- 1.6 40.3 25.1 6.8 23.0 11
Food servers, nonrestaurant 100.0 -- -- -- 21.3 -- -- 34.6 13
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners 100.0 2.4 -- 7.9 29.1 11.0 4.7 44.9 20
First-line supervisors of correctional officers 100.0 1.9 -- -- 57.9 19.6 -- 18.7 9
Forest and conservation workers 100.0 -- -- -- 50.0 25.0 -- -- 8
First-line supervisors of firefighting and prevention workers 100.0 -- -- -- 55.1 -- -- -- 9
Security guards 100.0 -- -- -- 58.0 4.3 -- 21.7 9
Management analysts 100.0 3.0 9.1 3.0 13.6 62.1 -- 9.1 18
Nurse practitioners 100.0 -- -- -- -- -- -- 74.1 42
Automotive service technicians and mechanics 100.0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 14
Court, municipal, and license clerks 100.0 10.6 -- 21.3 31.9 36.2 -- -- 7
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses 100.0 -- -- -- 20.0 40.0 7.5 32.5 16
Psychiatric aides 100.0 -- -- -- -- -- -- 50.0 52
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers 100.0 -- -- -- 5.3 13.2 15.8 60.5 83
Dental assistants 100.0 -- -- 25.0 46.9 -- -- 28.1 8
First-line supervisors of office and administrative support workers 100.0 -- -- -- 12.5 71.9 -- 9.4 15
First-line supervisors of police and detectives 100.0 -- -- -- 89.7 -- -- 10.3 7
Nursing assistants 100.0 -- -- -- 53.6 10.7 17.9 17.9 6
Office clerks, general
100.0 -- -- 16.7 -- 12.5 -- 58.3 56
Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists
100.0 -- -- 8.3 54.2 -- -- 16.7 9
Highway maintenance workers 100.0 -- -- 20.8 33.3 -- -- -- 5
Maintenance and repair workers, general
100.0 -- -- -- 33.3 23.8 9.5 28.6 16

Footnotes

1
Cases involving days away from work, job transfer, or restriction (DART) are the sum of cases with days away from work (DAFW) and cases involving only days of job transfer or restriction (DJTR). Days-away-from-work cases include those that resulted in days away from work, some of which may also include days of job transfer or restriction. Days of job transfer or restriction cases include those that result in only days of 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.