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, state government, California, 2023-2024
| Characteristic | Percent of cases involving | Median days | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 5.2 | 3.5 | 14.0 | 24.0 | 13.6 | 5.1 | 34.7 | 12 | |
| Time of event: | 12:01 AM - 4:00 AM | 100.0 | -- | -- | 15.2 | -- | -- | -- | 84.8 | 180 |
| 4:01 AM - 8:00 AM | 100.0 | 1.7 | 2.0 | 19.1 | 22.8 | 24.5 | 7.0 | 22.8 | 12 | |
| 8:01 AM - 12:00 PM | 100.0 | 5.6 | 2.4 | 15.4 | 24.6 | 11.5 | 1.2 | 39.3 | 11 | |
| 12:01 PM - 4:00 PM | 100.0 | 7.8 | 2.8 | 5.5 | 29.4 | 6.0 | 4.6 | 43.6 | 15 | |
| 4:01 PM - 8:00 PM | 100.0 | 2.9 | 1.1 | 7.4 | 24.6 | 6.3 | 12.0 | 45.7 | 23 | |
| 8:01 PM - 12:00 AM | 100.0 | -- | 8.5 | 10.6 | 8.5 | 23.4 | 6.4 | 42.6 | 19 | |
| Time not reported | 100.0 | 7.5 | 6.2 | 16.2 | 24.5 | 14.5 | 4.9 | 26.2 | 10 | |
| Hours on the job before event occurred: | Before shift began | 100.0 | -- | -- | 15.0 | 48.8 | 22.5 | -- | 11.3 | 9 |
| Less than 1 hour | 100.0 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 14.9 | 26.4 | 18.0 | 9.2 | 29.1 | 12 | |
| 1 - 2 hours | 100.0 | 15.0 | 4.0 | 11.0 | 26.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 37.0 | 9 | |
| 2 - 4 hours | 100.0 | 4.5 | 1.8 | 23.1 | 16.7 | 9.5 | 2.7 | 41.6 | 14 | |
| 4 - 6 hours | 100.0 | 3.7 | 1.2 | 6.1 | 18.4 | 19.6 | 12.3 | 39.3 | 21 | |
| 6 - 8 hours | 100.0 | 2.5 | 4.1 | 5.0 | 33.1 | 10.7 | 1.7 | 43.8 | 15 | |
| 8 - 10 hours | 100.0 | 5.9 | 4.0 | 2.0 | 14.9 | 5.9 | 3.0 | 66.3 | 41 | |
| 10 - 12 hours | 100.0 | -- | -- | 26.9 | 19.2 | -- | -- | 50.0 | 15 | |
| 12 - 16 hours | 100.0 | -- | 27.3 | -- | -- | 18.2 | -- | -- | 5 | |
| More than 16 hours | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
| Hours not reported | 100.0 | 7.5 | 5.9 | 16.5 | 24.0 | 14.3 | 4.7 | 27.3 | 10 | |
| Day of week: | Sunday | 100.0 | 6.2 | 5.3 | 22.1 | 19.5 | 4.4 | 11.5 | 30.1 | 10 |
| Monday | 100.0 | 4.0 | 2.0 | 9.1 | 25.3 | 20.9 | 8.3 | 30.4 | 14 | |
| Tuesday | 100.0 | 10.2 | 6.9 | 18.6 | 11.7 | 12.0 | 2.6 | 38.0 | 12 | |
| Wednesday | 100.0 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 15.6 | 28.4 | 14.9 | 2.5 | 30.9 | 10 | |
| Thursday | 100.0 | 7.0 | 1.4 | 11.3 | 25.4 | 12.2 | 4.2 | 38.5 | 11 | |
| Friday | 100.0 | 3.1 | 1.9 | 15.3 | 25.7 | 17.2 | 3.4 | 33.0 | 11 | |
| Saturday | 100.0 | 1.1 | 3.7 | 7.4 | 32.3 | 5.8 | 7.9 | 42.3 | 20 | |
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.