Table 10. Percent distribution of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work (DAFW)[1] by selected occupations and number of days away from work, private industry, California, 2021-2022
| 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 days or more | ||
| Total | 100.0 | 8.4 | 5.8 | 16.4 | 23.4 | 15.2 | 4.9 | 25.9 | 10 |
| Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand | 100.0 | 8.1 | 6.3 | 13.1 | 13.2 | 20.0 | 5.2 | 34.0 | 14 |
| Stockers and order fillers | 100.0 | 4.1 | 2.8 | 8.3 | 38.0 | 19.9 | 4.1 | 22.8 | 10 |
| Heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers | 100.0 | 4.7 | 4.9 | 10.7 | 11.9 | 12.0 | 5.9 | 49.9 | 30 |
| Registered nurses | 100.0 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 11.6 | 31.7 | 16.8 | 5.7 | 26.6 | 10 |
| Retail salespersons | 100.0 | 6.2 | 5.1 | 12.7 | 19.6 | 31.0 | 4.5 | 20.8 | 12 |
| Nursing assistants | 100.0 | 5.7 | 5.9 | 15.3 | 26.8 | 21.2 | 4.6 | 20.4 | 10 |
| Light truck drivers | 100.0 | 2.1 | 2.6 | 8.1 | 9.6 | 10.5 | 9.1 | 57.7 | 37 |
| Fast food and counter workers | 100.0 | 9.3 | 5.2 | 21.4 | 26.0 | 21.1 | 5.7 | 11.4 | 10 |
| Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse | 100.0 | 10.9 | 8.9 | 19.3 | 15.7 | 11.1 | 6.5 | 27.6 | 8 |
| Maids and housekeeping cleaners | 100.0 | 6.3 | 6.2 | 18.4 | 17.3 | 18.1 | 7.1 | 26.3 | 11 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners | 100.0 | 6.2 | 6.3 | 22.4 | 11.5 | 13.7 | 7.0 | 32.9 | 13 |
| Maintenance and repair workers, general | 100.0 | 6.8 | 4.7 | 22.5 | 25.8 | 8.5 | 2.5 | 29.2 | 8 |
| Construction laborers | 100.0 | 12.6 | -- | 17.2 | 16.0 | 7.0 | 7.3 | 34.7 | 10 |
| Food preparation workers | 100.0 | 5.1 | 7.3 | 18.1 | 32.7 | 15.0 | 4.6 | 17.2 | 10 |
| First-line supervisors of retail sales workers | 100.0 | 1.7 | 2.7 | 17.3 | 38.1 | 12.8 | 3.8 | 23.8 | 10 |
| Personal care aides | 100.0 | 7.2 | 2.8 | 21.0 | 34.5 | 16.3 | 3.3 | 15.0 | 9 |
| Customer service representatives | 100.0 | 10.9 | 3.7 | 9.6 | 12.7 | 47.0 | 2.2 | 13.8 | 14 |
| Automotive service technicians and mechanics | 100.0 | 6.1 | 16.9 | 21.1 | 16.9 | 8.1 | -- | 16.9 | 7 |
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses | 100.0 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 11.5 | 32.2 | 27.9 | 2.6 | 16.9 | 10 |
| First-line supervisors of food preparation and serving workers | 100.0 | -- | 11.7 | 22.2 | 17.6 | 12.0 | -- | 15.4 | 5 |
| Carpenters | 100.0 | 14.4 | 6.9 | 21.5 | -- | 9.7 | 4.4 | 29.0 | 7 |
| Receptionists and information clerks | 100.0 | 14.6 | 9.2 | 4.8 | 25.0 | 13.1 | .9 | 32.4 | 10 |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers | 100.0 | 21.5 | 10.4 | 20.8 | 11.1 | 9.4 | 3.8 | 23.3 | 5 |
| Cashiers | 100.0 | 4.0 | 5.1 | 13.6 | 22.0 | 12.8 | 5.9 | 36.6 | 13 |
| Cooks, restaurant | 100.0 | 13.0 | 4.2 | 21.8 | 24.3 | 11.3 | 4.2 | 21.3 | 8 |
| Emergency medical technicians | 100.0 | 2.1 | .8 | 22.4 | 41.4 | 13.1 | 4.6 | 15.2 | 10 |
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 8, 2023.