Table 14. Percent distribution of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work (DAFW)[1] by time, hours on the job, and day of week and number of days away from work, private industry, California, 2023-2024
| Characteristic | 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 | 8.1 | 19.2 | 13.7 | 11.1 | 5.6 | 30.6 | 10 | |
| Time of event: | 12:01 AM - 4:00 AM | 100.0 | 8.4 | 8.0 | 27.5 | 8.9 | 9.6 | 3.6 | 33.9 | 9 |
| 4:01 AM - 8:00 AM | 100.0 | 8.2 | 5.7 | 14.8 | 13.6 | 14.0 | 5.7 | 37.9 | 15 | |
| 8:01 AM - 12:00 PM | 100.0 | 12.3 | 8.3 | 17.3 | 13.0 | 11.7 | 6.3 | 31.1 | 10 | |
| 12:01 PM - 4:00 PM | 100.0 | 11.4 | 9.5 | 15.5 | 10.4 | 11.7 | 6.7 | 34.8 | 13 | |
| 4:01 PM - 8:00 PM | 100.0 | 12.3 | 7.3 | 17.3 | 14.2 | 12.0 | 5.4 | 31.5 | 10 | |
| 8:01 PM - 12:00 AM | 100.0 | 10.8 | 7.2 | 13.7 | 14.8 | 9.9 | 4.9 | 38.6 | 14 | |
| Time not reported | 100.0 | 12.7 | 8.4 | 24.6 | 16.1 | 9.5 | 4.7 | 24.1 | 7 | |
| Hours on the job before event occurred: | Before shift began | 100.0 | 3.4 | 5.0 | 31.5 | 23.1 | 11.5 | 1.4 | 24.0 | 7 |
| Less than 1 hour | 100.0 | 11.1 | 7.5 | 17.5 | 14.0 | 11.9 | 5.5 | 32.5 | 10 | |
| 1 - 2 hours | 100.0 | 13.2 | 7.8 | 18.2 | 11.7 | 12.9 | 6.3 | 30.1 | 10 | |
| 2 - 4 hours | 100.0 | 11.2 | 8.4 | 16.3 | 12.4 | 12.4 | 5.0 | 34.3 | 12 | |
| 4 - 6 hours | 100.0 | 11.6 | 6.5 | 15.6 | 13.1 | 13.0 | 6.7 | 33.5 | 13 | |
| 6 - 8 hours | 100.0 | 10.4 | 8.9 | 16.8 | 12.9 | 9.1 | 7.7 | 34.1 | 12 | |
| 8 - 10 hours | 100.0 | 11.3 | 9.5 | 15.8 | 11.3 | 11.1 | 4.1 | 36.8 | 13 | |
| 10 - 12 hours | 100.0 | 8.4 | 11.1 | 20.1 | 8.6 | 14.0 | 7.0 | 30.8 | 14 | |
| 12 - 16 hours | 100.0 | 5.8 | 8.8 | 8.2 | 17.5 | -- | 7.6 | 44.4 | 26 | |
| More than 16 hours | 100.0 | 32.4 | -- | 8.8 | 11.8 | 20.6 | -- | 23.5 | 7 | |
| Hours not reported | 100.0 | 12.9 | 8.3 | 23.7 | 15.5 | 9.5 | 4.9 | 25.2 | 7 | |
| Day of week: | Sunday | 100.0 | 16.5 | 11.7 | 18.4 | 13.8 | 9.5 | 4.5 | 25.5 | 7 |
| Monday | 100.0 | 9.3 | 9.1 | 17.3 | 15.4 | 9.8 | 8.1 | 31.0 | 10 | |
| Tuesday | 100.0 | 10.7 | 7.6 | 20.8 | 13.1 | 10.7 | 4.1 | 32.9 | 9 | |
| Wednesday | 100.0 | 12.5 | 7.8 | 18.8 | 12.8 | 11.6 | 4.8 | 31.5 | 10 | |
| Thursday | 100.0 | 11.4 | 7.8 | 18.8 | 13.3 | 12.7 | 6.7 | 29.4 | 10 | |
| Friday | 100.0 | 13.4 | 7.0 | 17.7 | 12.5 | 12.0 | 5.0 | 32.4 | 10 | |
| Saturday | 100.0 | -- | 7.4 | 24.7 | 16.1 | 9.7 | 5.1 | 26.3 | 8 | |
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, January 22, 2026.