| Table 14. Percent distribution of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work1 by time, hours on the job, and day of week and major industry sector, 2008 | |||||||||||||
| Occupation | Private industry2, 3, 4 | Goods producing | Service providing | ||||||||||
| Total goods producing | Natural resources & mining2,3 | Construc-tion | Manufac-turing | Total service providing | Trade, transport-ation, & utilities4 | Informa-tion | Financial activities | Profes-sional & business services | Education & health services | Leisure & hospitality | Other services | ||
| Total [3,210 cases] | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | -- | -- |
| Time of event: | |||||||||||||
| 12:01 A.M. to 4:00 A.M. | 3.7 | 1.5 | -- | -- | -- | 5.3 | 9.1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 4:01 A.M. to 8:00 A.M. | 9.0 | 8.4 | 11.4 | 7.1 | -- | 9.5 | 10.1 | -- | -- | -- | 11.8 | -- | -- |
| 8:01 A.M. to 12:00 noon | 34.0 | 38.9 | 31.4 | 45.7 | 30.8 | 30.7 | 28.3 | -- | -- | 40.0 | 32.4 | -- | -- |
| 12:01 P.M. to 4:00 P.M. | 29.3 | 29.8 | 28.6 | 32.9 | 23.1 | 28.6 | 33.3 | -- | 66.7 | 40.0 | 26.5 | -- | -- |
| 4:01 P.M. to 8:00 P.M. | 9.0 | 9.2 | 14.3 | 4.3 | 11.5 | 9.0 | 9.1 | -- | -- | -- | 11.8 | -- | -- |
| 8:01 P.M. to 12:00 midnight | 5.6 | 4.6 | 5.7 | -- | 15.4 | 6.3 | 6.1 | -- | -- | -- | 8.8 | -- | -- |
| Not reported | 9.3 | 6.9 | -- | 8.6 | -- | 10.6 | 4.0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Hours on the job before event occurred: | |||||||||||||
| Before shift began | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Less than 1 hour | 8.4 | 6.9 | -- | 8.6 | 7.7 | 9.5 | 8.1 | -- | -- | -- | 11.8 | -- | -- |
| 1 hour to less than 2 hours | 10.0 | 11.5 | 11.4 | 11.4 | -- | 9.0 | 8.1 | -- | -- | -- | 11.8 | -- | -- |
| 2 hours to less than 4 hours | 20.9 | 19.1 | 20.0 | 18.6 | 19.2 | 21.7 | 26.3 | -- | -- | -- | 23.5 | -- | -- |
| 4 hours to less than 6 hours | 16.5 | 17.6 | 11.4 | 18.6 | 23.1 | 15.9 | 14.1 | -- | -- | -- | 20.6 | -- | -- |
| 6 hours to less than 8 hours | 15.9 | 17.6 | 22.9 | 14.3 | 19.2 | 14.8 | 13.1 | -- | -- | -- | 20.6 | -- | -- |
| 8 hours to less than 10 hours | 12.1 | 13.0 | 14.3 | 12.9 | 11.5 | 11.6 | 17.2 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 10 hours to less than 12 hours | 3.1 | 4.6 | 5.7 | -- | -- | 2.1 | 3.0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 12 hours to less than 16 hours | 1.6 | 2.3 | -- | -- | -- | 1.1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| More than 16 hours | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Not reported | 11.2 | 7.6 | 5.7 | 8.6 | -- | 13.8 | 10.1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Day of week: | |||||||||||||
| Sunday | 4.4 | 1.5 | 5.7 | -- | -- | 5.8 | 5.1 | -- | -- | -- | 11.8 | -- | -- |
| Monday | 16.2 | 19.1 | 17.1 | 20.0 | 23.1 | 14.3 | 14.1 | -- | -- | -- | 17.6 | -- | -- |
| Tuesday | 20.6 | 16.0 | 14.3 | 17.1 | 19.2 | 23.3 | 21.2 | -- | -- | -- | 8.8 | -- | -- |
| Wednesday | 17.1 | 16.8 | 11.4 | 17.1 | 23.1 | 17.5 | 18.2 | -- | -- | -- | 17.6 | -- | -- |
| Thursday | 18.4 | 21.4 | 14.3 | 25.7 | 19.2 | 16.4 | 16.2 | -- | -- | -- | 17.6 | -- | -- |
| Friday | 16.2 | 18.3 | 25.7 | 17.1 | 11.5 | 14.8 | 16.2 | -- | -- | -- | 14.7 | -- | -- |
| Saturday | 7.2 | 6.1 | 11.4 | 4.3 | -- | 7.9 | 8.1 | -- | -- | -- | 11.8 | -- | -- |
| 1 Days-away-from-work cases include those that result in days away from work with or without job transfer | |||||||||||||
| or restriction. | |||||||||||||
| 2 Excludes farms with fewer than 11 employees. | |||||||||||||
| 3 Data for mining (Sector 21 in the North American Industry Classification System -- United States, 2002) | |||||||||||||
| include establishments not governed by the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) rules and reporting, | |||||||||||||
| such as those in oil and gas extraction and related support activities. Data for mining operators in coal, metal, and | |||||||||||||
| nonmetal mining are provided to BLS by the Mine Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor. | |||||||||||||
| Independent mining contractors are excluded from the coal, metal, and nonmetal mining industries. These data | |||||||||||||
| do not reflect the changes the Occupational Safety and Health Administration made to its recordkeeping | |||||||||||||
| requirements effective January 1, 2002: therefore estimates for these industries are not comparable | |||||||||||||
| to estimates in other industries. | |||||||||||||
| 4 Data for employers in rail transportation are provided to BLS by the Federal Railroad | |||||||||||||
| Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation. | |||||||||||||
| 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: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U. S. Department of Labor, Survey of Occupational | |||||||||||||
| Injuries and Illnesses in cooperation with participating State agencies. | |||||||||||||
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