CHART 20
O ccupations
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Occupations with 18,000 or more
injuries and illnesses involving days
away from work, 2005–08
In private industry, 12 occupations had
18,000 or more injuries and illnesses
involving days away from work in 2008,
making up 36.4 percent of days-awayfrom-work injuries and illnesses.
The three occupations shown from the
transportation and material moving
occupation group (laborers and freight,
stock, and material movers; heavy and
tractor-trailer truck drivers; and light
or delivery truck drivers) made up 15.3
percent of all injuries and illnesses
involving days away from work in 2008.
From 2007 to 2008, the number of
cases decreased for construction
laborers, retail salespersons, janitors
and cleaners, light or delivery truck
drivers, general maintenance and
repair workers, registered nurses, and
carpenters. The other occupations were
statistically unchanged from 2007.
Number of injuries and illnesses involving days away from work
100,000
80,000
 2005
 2006
 2007
 2008
60,000
40,000
20,000
0
Laborers and Heavy and Nursing aides, Construction
Retail
Janitors and Light or
General
Registered Maids and Carpenters
freight, stock, tractor- orderlies, and laborers salespersons cleaners
delivery maintenance nurses housekeeping
and material trailer truck attendants
truck drivers and repair
cleaners
movers
drivers
workers
SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, November 2009.
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