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, 2017
| 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 | 9.5 | 6.8 | 12.7 | 11.4 | 10.4 | 7.6 | 41.6 | 20 |
| Police and sheriff’s patrol officers | 100.0 | 7.0 | 6.7 | 16.6 | 9.9 | 11.0 | 9.1 | 39.7 | 16 |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners | 100.0 | 7.8 | 2.3 | 9.2 | 8.8 | 12.9 | 7.8 | 50.7 | 36 |
| Teacher assistants | 100.0 | 16.2 | -- | 16.8 | 16.2 | 8.1 | 4.6 | 35.8 | 9 |
| Firefighters | 100.0 | 8.8 | 4.1 | 12.3 | 11.1 | 12.9 | 7.6 | 43.9 | 24 |
| First-line supervisors of firefighting and prevention workers | 100.0 | -- | -- | 12.4 | 5.3 | 15.0 | 10.6 | 52.2 | 32 |
| Maintenance and repair workers, general | 100.0 | 5.5 | -- | 3.3 | 16.5 | 8.8 | 6.6 | 59.3 | 51 |
| First-line supervisors of police and detectives | 100.0 | 5.8 | -- | 18.8 | 7.2 | 7.2 | 4.3 | 56.5 | 40 |
| Elementary school teachers, except special education | 100.0 | -- | 12.1 | 19.0 | -- | -- | 24.1 | 32.8 | 23 |
| Bus drivers, transit and intercity | 100.0 | 5.8 | -- | 7.7 | 21.2 | 9.6 | -- | 51.9 | 33 |
| Water and wastewater treatment plant and system operators | 100.0 | -- | -- | -- | 12.5 | 54.2 | -- | -- | 19 |
| Construction laborers | 100.0 | 52.2 | -- | -- | 34.8 | -- | -- | 10.9 | 1 |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers | 100.0 | 10.0 | 7.5 | 20.0 | 12.5 | 7.5 | -- | 35.0 | 8 |
| Correctional officers and jailers | 100.0 | -- | -- | 26.5 | -- | 32.4 | 8.8 | 29.4 | 11 |
| Registered nurses | 100.0 | -- | -- | 28.1 | -- | 12.5 | 9.4 | 31.3 | 13 |
| Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop | 100.0 | 50.0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 13.3 | 27 |
| Parking enforcement workers | 100.0 | -- | 22.2 | 11.1 | -- | -- | -- | 40.7 | 22 |
| Bus drivers, school or special client | 100.0 | -- | 51.9 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 40.7 | 2 |
| Highway maintenance workers | 100.0 | -- | -- | 16.0 | -- | 28.0 | 32.0 | 24.0 | 22 |
| Office clerks, general | 100.0 | -- | 28.0 | 12.0 | -- | -- | -- | 40.0 | 7 |
| Preschool teachers, except special education | 100.0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 100.0 | 180 |
| Secondary school teachers, except special and career/technical education | 100.0 | 22.7 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 54.5 | 54 |
| Security guards | 100.0 | -- | 19.0 | 42.9 | -- | -- | -- | 19.0 | 4 |
| Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters | 100.0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 65.0 | 32 |
| Subway and streetcar operators | 100.0 | -- | -- | -- | 15.0 | 15.0 | -- | 60.0 | 98 |
| First-line supervisors of mechanics, installers, and repairers | 100.0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 26.3 | 2 |
| Painters, construction and maintenance | 100.0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 64.7 | 180 |
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, 2018.