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, local government, California, 2019
| 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 | 6.1 | 4.3 | 15.0 | 14.9 | 13.5 | 9.3 | 36.9 | 18 |
| Police and sheriff’s patrol officers | 100.0 | 3.0 | 2.5 | 17.7 | 18.5 | 15.0 | 6.8 | 36.5 | 17 |
| Bus drivers, transit and intercity | 100.0 | -- | -- | 21.0 | 10.2 | 4.5 | 28.0 | 36.3 | 28 |
| Teaching assistants, except postsecondary | 100.0 | 6.8 | 16.3 | 15.6 | 12.9 | 17.7 | 17.7 | 13.6 | 10 |
| Firefighters | 100.0 | 5.7 | -- | 7.1 | 3.5 | 24.8 | 2.8 | 56.0 | 41 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners | 100.0 | -- | 9.8 | 8.1 | 27.6 | 10.6 | 8.9 | 33.3 | 12 |
| Teaching assistants, preschool, elementary, middle, and secondary school, except special education | 100.0 | 9.8 | 17.6 | 9.8 | 11.8 | 24.5 | 14.7 | 10.8 | 13 |
| Maintenance and repair workers, general | 100.0 | 5.2 | -- | 16.7 | 15.6 | 17.7 | -- | 42.7 | 14 |
| First-line supervisors of firefighting and prevention workers | 100.0 | -- | -- | 8.9 | 5.6 | 13.3 | -- | 70.0 | 60 |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers | 100.0 | 16.9 | -- | 15.4 | 7.7 | 15.4 | 10.8 | 33.8 | 17 |
| Elementary school teachers, except special education | 100.0 | 11.5 | -- | 54.1 | -- | -- | 9.8 | 18.0 | 3 |
| First-line supervisors of police and detectives | 100.0 | -- | -- | 69.0 | -- | -- | -- | 22.4 | 4 |
| Correctional officers and jailers | 100.0 | 14.3 | -- | -- | 14.3 | -- | 14.3 | 48.2 | 30 |
| Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators | 100.0 | 9.3 | -- | -- | 40.7 | -- | -- | 35.2 | 10 |
| Detectives and criminal investigators | 100.0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 8.7 | -- | 87.0 | 180 |
| Teaching assistants, special education | 100.0 | -- | 13.6 | 29.5 | 13.6 | -- | 22.7 | 20.5 | 6 |
| Registered nurses | 100.0 | 22.2 | -- | 16.7 | 13.9 | -- | -- | 27.8 | 7 |
| Passenger vehicle drivers, except bus drivers, transit and intercity | 100.0 | 14.3 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 20.0 | 57.1 | 38 |
| Bus drivers, school | 100.0 | 13.8 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 20.7 | 62.1 | 38 |
| Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists | 100.0 | -- | -- | -- | 29.2 | 25.0 | -- | 45.8 | 16 |
| Nursing assistants | 100.0 | 17.4 | -- | 34.8 | -- | -- | -- | 21.7 | 4 |
| Secondary school teachers, except special and career/technical education | 100.0 | -- | -- | -- | 47.6 | -- | -- | 28.6 | 9 |
| Office clerks, general | 100.0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 47.6 | 29 |
| Eligibility interviewers, government programs | 100.0 | -- | -- | -- | 40.0 | -- | -- | -- | 6 |
| Security guards | 100.0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 63.2 | 60 |
| Computer network support specialists | 100.0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 45 |
| Childcare workers | 100.0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 62.5 | 43 |
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, July 26, 2021