Worker motion or position was the
source of 24 percent of all injuries
and illnesses to workers in the
finance and insurance sector and
the utilities sector.
Health-care patients were the
source of only a small percentage
of all private-industry cases, but
they accounted for more than 47
percent of injuries and illnesses to
workers in health care support
occupations and 32 percent of
workers classified in the category
of healthcare practitioners and
technical occupations. Most of the
injuries were the result of lifting
and moving the patients.
C H A R T 3 2
Four sources accounted for more
than half of all nonfatal
occupational injuries and illnesses
that resulted in days away from
work in 2006. The four sources
were the following injury and
illness categories: floor and
ground surfaces, with 18 percent;
worker motion or position, with 14
percent; containers, with 12
percent; and parts and materials,
with 11 percent.
Distribution of injuries and illnesses, by source,
private industry, 2006
(cases involving days away from work)
Floor, ground
surfaces, 18.1%
All other, 20.7%
Health care
patients, 4.4%
Worker motion
or position,
13.8%
Handtools,
4.8%
Machinery, 6.5%
Containers, 12.4%
Vehicles, 8.6%
Parts and
materials, 10.5%
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, November 2007