The rate of injuries to the upper
extremities was 141 percent
higher for workers in construction
and extractive occupations than
the rate for workers in all private
industry. The rate for production
workers was 122 percent higher
than the rate for all workers in
private industry.
The rate of back injuries in the
transportation and material
moving occupations was two and
one-half times the rate for workers
in all private industry. The transportation and warehousing
industry had a rate of back
injuries more than twice as high
as the rate for all private industry,
and the health care and social
assistance industry had a rate 63
percent higher than the rate for all
private industry.
C H A R T 3 0
Three parts of the body—the
upper extremities, lower
extremities, and back—each
accounted for more than one-fifth
of all injuries and illnesses
requiring days away from work in
2006.
Distribution of injuries and illnesses, by part of
body, private industry, 2006
(cases involving days away from work)
Neck, 1.5%
Body systems, 1.5%
Upper extremities,
23.3%
Head, 7.0%
Multiple body
parts, 9.8%
Back, 21.2%
Lower extremities,
22.2%
Trunk, 34.0%
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, November 2007