Nursing aides, orderlies, and
attendants had a rate of 526 per
10,000 full-time workers, 4 times
the average rate. Nursing aides'
duties include such tasks as
moving, bathing, and dressing
patients. Registered nurses had a
rate of 132, only slightly higher
than the average rate.
Retail salespersons had a high
number of DAFW injuries and
illnesses, but a rate of only 106
per 10,000 full-time workers,
lower than the average rate of
128. The difference is due to the
large number of people working
as retail salespersons.
C H A R T 2 1
These 11 occupations had 20,000
or more cases of injuries and
illnesses that required days away
from work (DAFW) in 2006.
Number and incidence rate for occupations with 20,000
or more injuries and illnesses, private industry, 2006
(cases involving days away from work)
Laborers and freight, 85,120
stock, and material movers
Heavy and tractor-trailer
truck drivers
Nursing aides, orderlies,
and attendants
Construction laborers
Retail salespersons
466
66,040
411
49,480
526
40,510
488
33,210
106
Janitors and cleaners
28,260
Carpenters
28,000
Light or delivery service
truck drivers
26,760
Maintenance and repair
workers, general
Stock clerks
and order fillers
Registered nurses
100,000
248
335
297
21,600
Number of injuries/illnesses
(Total = 1,183,500)
Days away from work rate
(Private industry rate = 128)
220
20,870
168
20,500
80,000
60,000
40,000
20,000
Number of injuries and illnesses
132
0
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, November 2007
400
Incidence rate
(per 10,000
workers)
800