Table 17. Incidence rates [1] for nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work[2] per 10,000 full-time workers by selected worker characteristics, major occupational group, and selected sources of injury or illness, private industry, California, 2018
| Characteristic | Private industry | Source of injury or illness[3] | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chemicals and chemical products | Containers | Furniture and fixtures | Machinery | Parts and materials | Person, other than worker | Health care patient | Person, injured or ill worker | Worker motion or position | Floors, walkways, or ground surfaces | Handtools | Vehicles | All other sources | |||
| Total | 105.2 | 1.5 | 14.2 | 5.2 | 4.8 | 8.6 | 7.1 | 4.3 | 18.0 | 16.7 | 12.0 | 6.1 | 10.3 | 14.7 | |
| Gender: | Male | 109.9 | 1.4 | 15.3 | 4.2 | 6.2 | 13.2 | 3.0 | 1.7 | 16.3 | 15.8 | 8.7 | 8.1 | 13.1 | 16.5 |
| Female | 98.6 | 1.9 | 12.7 | 6.7 | 2.7 | 2.2 | 13.0 | 7.8 | 20.7 | 18.4 | 16.8 | 3.4 | 6.4 | 11.2 | |
| Age: | 14 to 15 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 16 to 19 | 124.6 | -- | 16.3 | 6.3 | 6.7 | 10.8 | 8.0 | 2.1 | 12.3 | 11.5 | 14.6 | 9.9 | 12.2 | 26.0 | |
| 20 to 24 | 121.9 | 3.6 | 22.7 | 4.8 | 9.0 | 7.6 | 12.8 | 5.6 | 14.6 | 14.3 | 12.3 | 9.1 | 8.8 | 13.7 | |
| 25 to 34 | 97.6 | 1.6 | 14.1 | 5.5 | 3.8 | 7.3 | 7.8 | 4.6 | 17.6 | 16.7 | 7.9 | 7.9 | 10.6 | 11.7 | |
| 35 to 44 | 94.6 | 1.1 | 10.8 | 4.5 | 4.8 | 9.1 | 5.4 | 3.4 | 17.4 | 16.3 | 9.3 | 6.5 | 8.9 | 13.0 | |
| 45 to 54 | 109.2 | 1.9 | 14.8 | 4.9 | 5.5 | 10.0 | 7.0 | 4.1 | 20.5 | 19.1 | 11.7 | 4.8 | 8.8 | 15.8 | |
| 55 to 64 | 120.5 | 1.4 | 16.9 | 5.9 | 3.7 | 10.9 | 5.8 | 3.9 | 21.7 | 19.0 | 18.1 | 4.4 | 11.3 | 17.6 | |
| 65 and over | 98.2 | .4 | 9.5 | 6.6 | 2.4 | 5.6 | 5.8 | 3.6 | 9.8 | 8.8 | 31.4 | 1.2 | 15.6 | 9.2 | |
| Major occupational group: | Management occupations | 48.9 | .3 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 2.4 | .7 | 3.1 | 1.4 | 9.6 | 6.4 | 11.1 | 6.3 | 4.0 | 7.9 |
| Business and financial operations occupations | 13.3 | -- | .6 | .5 | -- | -- | .4 | -- | 1.9 | 1.1 | 2.4 | -- | 1.2 | 1.0 | |
| Computer and mathematical occupations | 3.3 | -- | -- | -- | .4 | -- | -- | -- | 1.4 | 1.2 | .3 | -- | .4 | -- | |
| Architecture and engineering occupations | 15.0 | -- | 3.5 | 2.6 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 2.2 | 1.9 | 2.6 | .9 | -- | 2.1 | |
| Life, physical, and social science occupations | 19.6 | 3.0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 9.0 | 8.7 | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
| Community and social service occupations | 46.9 | -- | -- | 1.2 | -- | -- | 12.5 | 4.7 | 7.5 | 6.1 | 12.4 | -- | 6.8 | 4.2 | |
| Legal occupations | 38.8 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 2.8 | 2.8 | -- | -- | 33.1 | -- | |
| Educational instruction and library occupations | 92.5 | -- | 1.8 | 6.1 | -- | -- | 40.5 | 2.4 | 7.3 | 5.9 | 18.4 | -- | 2.0 | 14.6 | |
| Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations | 44.5 | -- | 3.4 | 6.0 | -- | 1.2 | -- | -- | 10.2 | 10.2 | 11.4 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 7.2 | |
| Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations | 118.6 | 2.3 | 5.4 | 8.3 | 4.0 | 1.6 | 39.1 | 37.8 | 23.2 | 21.3 | 12.8 | .7 | 5.2 | 16.0 | |
| Healthcare support occupations | 185.9 | -- | 4.7 | 10.2 | 1.7 | 4.5 | 81.8 | 79.0 | 27.4 | 19.9 | 23.9 | .8 | 2.7 | 27.5 | |
| Protective service occupations | 103.9 | -- | -- | 1.4 | -- | 1.9 | 15.2 | 3.6 | 33.2 | 32.8 | 19.3 | -- | 13.7 | 17.8 | |
| Food preparation and serving related occupations | 134.2 | 5.0 | 30.1 | 8.1 | 9.6 | 1.1 | 1.0 | -- | 19.1 | 18.4 | 23.4 | 13.6 | 2.6 | 19.1 | |
| Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations | 265.2 | 6.2 | 31.9 | 28.2 | 11.0 | 6.8 | 4.8 | -- | 45.1 | 43.4 | 30.7 | 15.5 | 28.0 | 53.6 | |
| Personal care and service occupations | 51.7 | -- | 2.4 | 6.2 | -- | -- | 18.7 | 9.1 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 9.5 | 1.1 | 2.7 | 4.2 | |
| Sales and related occupations | 55.3 | .3 | 11.2 | 3.5 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 4.4 | -- | 7.8 | 6.2 | 6.9 | 6.1 | 6.3 | 4.6 | |
| Office and administrative support occupations | 62.9 | .4 | 16.6 | 4.6 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 2.3 | .1 | 16.3 | 14.8 | 7.1 | 1.2 | 5.3 | 5.0 | |
| Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations | 135.2 | 1.2 | 8.6 | 2.1 | 8.9 | 12.9 | -- | -- | 21.0 | 20.3 | 24.0 | 7.5 | 8.0 | 36.0 | |
| Construction and extraction occupations | 250.0 | 3.2 | 9.0 | 3.6 | 10.5 | 65.1 | .5 | -- | 31.4 | 31.2 | 18.8 | 23.4 | 12.7 | 52.1 | |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations | 204.2 | 3.5 | 8.7 | 4.9 | 12.6 | 45.7 | 1.4 | -- | 46.2 | 45.3 | 7.2 | 13.8 | 19.3 | 26.5 | |
| Production occupations | 144.4 | 3.1 | 15.8 | 7.9 | 18.0 | 19.1 | 1.1 | -- | 23.9 | 23.3 | 11.6 | 11.1 | 6.1 | 24.4 | |
| Transportation and material moving occupations | 245.6 | .7 | 58.6 | 5.7 | 6.7 | 20.2 | 2.2 | -- | 41.1 | 40.3 | 17.0 | 8.4 | 61.0 | 21.6 | |
Footnotes
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Incidence rates represent the number of injuries and illnesses per 10,000 full-time workers and were calculated as: (N/EH) x 20,000,000 where
N = number of injuries and illnesses
EH = total hours worked by all employees during calendar year
20,000,000 = base for 10,000 equivalent full-time workers (working 40 hours per week, 50 weeks per year).
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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.
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- Based on the Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System 2.01 developed by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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.