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, 2018
| 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 | 11.7 | 9.3 | 16.5 | 11.7 | 10.1 | 5.9 | 34.8 | 11 |
| Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand | 100.0 | 6.2 | 7.6 | 13.7 | 15.0 | 10.5 | 7.4 | 39.5 | 17 |
| Heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers | 100.0 | 6.4 | 4.6 | 11.7 | 6.9 | 6.2 | 11.4 | 52.6 | 38 |
| Stock clerks and order fillers | 100.0 | 4.7 | 6.1 | 9.3 | 9.8 | 17.9 | 6.8 | 45.5 | 24 |
| Construction laborers | 100.0 | 18.5 | 11.8 | 10.9 | 9.4 | 8.2 | 7.3 | 33.6 | 10 |
| Carpenters | 100.0 | 14.7 | 6.0 | 14.4 | 13.4 | 23.7 | 4.7 | 23.1 | 14 |
| Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse | 100.0 | 6.8 | 6.8 | 16.9 | 13.2 | 12.2 | 10.2 | 33.9 | 15 |
| Food preparation workers | 100.0 | 6.3 | 13.6 | 29.6 | 9.4 | 14.6 | 2.1 | 24.0 | 6 |
| Retail salespersons | 100.0 | 13.1 | 10.6 | 25.2 | 10.3 | 5.0 | 2.8 | 32.6 | 6 |
| Maids and housekeeping cleaners | 100.0 | 15.6 | 4.8 | 11.5 | 14.1 | 11.5 | 4.8 | 37.2 | 13 |
| Light truck drivers | 100.0 | 7.5 | 10.9 | 11.3 | 19.5 | 4.9 | 3.4 | 42.1 | 11 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners | 100.0 | 10.6 | 7.8 | 10.2 | 13.7 | 7.1 | 7.8 | 42.7 | 22 |
| Registered nurses | 100.0 | 14.0 | 10.4 | 15.6 | 15.2 | 10.8 | 5.2 | 29.2 | 8 |
| Nursing assistants | 100.0 | 13.3 | 11.4 | 16.6 | 14.7 | 11.4 | 6.6 | 26.1 | 9 |
| Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food | 100.0 | 12.8 | 11.2 | 19.8 | 20.9 | 11.2 | 5.3 | 19.3 | 9 |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers | 100.0 | 6.7 | 8.5 | 32.1 | 7.9 | 9.7 | 1.8 | 32.7 | 8 |
| Personal care aides | 100.0 | 9.4 | 8.8 | 25.2 | 10.7 | 3.1 | 1.3 | 41.5 | 8 |
| Cooks, restaurant | 100.0 | 10.4 | 24.7 | 16.9 | 7.1 | 9.1 | 1.9 | 29.9 | 4 |
| First-line supervisors of retail sales workers | 100.0 | 11.3 | 8.7 | 12.0 | 5.3 | 10.0 | 2.0 | 50.7 | 31 |
| Maintenance and repair workers, general | 100.0 | 15.4 | 10.7 | 14.1 | 5.4 | 8.1 | 5.4 | 40.9 | 16 |
| First-line supervisors of food preparation and serving workers | 100.0 | 5.4 | 4.1 | 26.5 | 38.1 | -- | 10.2 | 15.6 | 7 |
| Automotive service technicians and mechanics | 100.0 | 15.8 | 4.3 | 34.5 | 11.5 | 12.2 | 7.2 | 15.1 | 5 |
| Waiters and waitresses | 100.0 | 4.0 | 17.6 | 26.4 | 8.8 | 11.2 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 10 |
| Security guards | 100.0 | 7.9 | 2.6 | 18.4 | 14.0 | 16.7 | 7.0 | 33.3 | 14 |
| Dishwashers | 100.0 | 10.2 | 9.3 | 26.9 | 22.2 | 3.7 | 7.4 | 20.4 | 7 |
| Cashiers | 100.0 | 4.8 | 2.9 | 21.0 | 5.7 | 20.0 | 9.5 | 35.2 | 20 |
| Farmworkers, farm, ranch, and aquacultural animals | 100.0 | 6.7 | 1.9 | 11.5 | 15.4 | 2.9 | -- | 60.6 | 61 |
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 7, 2019.