TABLE 14. Incidence rates(1) for nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work(2) per 10,000 full-time workers by selected injury or illness characteristics and gender and age of worker, private industry, state government, and local government, 2011
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                                                                                                         |   incidence rate  |                   |                   |                   |                   |                   |                   |                   |                   |                   
                                                                                                         |                   |        Male       |       Female      |       16-19       |       20-24       |       25-34       |       35-44       |       45-54       |       55-64       |    65 and over    
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     Total private, state and local government sectors [1,181,290 cases].................................|        117.3      |        128.0      |        103.7      |        109.0      |        112.6      |        107.1      |        119.8      |        128.9      |        117.9      |         99.9      
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     Musculoskeletal disorders(3)........................................................................|         38.5      |         41.7      |         34.6      |         23.4      |         32.9      |         35.4      |         40.9      |         46.6      |         36.9      |         22.5      
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     Nature of injury or illness:                                                                        |                   |                   |                   |                   |                   |                   |                   |                   |                   |                   
       Fractures.........................................................................................|          9.1      |         10.3      |          7.7      |          5.0      |          6.7      |          7.8      |          7.4      |          9.9      |         13.4      |         15.3      
       Sprains, strains, tears...........................................................................|         44.4      |         47.6      |         40.2      |         31.0      |         37.9      |         40.9      |         48.9      |         50.8      |         42.8      |         27.8      
       Amputations.......................................................................................|           .5      |           .8      |           .1      |           .6      |           .8      |           .5      |           .6      |           .5      |           .4      |           .1      
       Cuts, lacerations, punctures......................................................................|          9.6      |         13.0      |          5.3      |         26.8      |         16.3      |         10.2      |          8.8      |          8.1      |          6.7      |          5.6      
         Cuts, lacerations...............................................................................|          7.9      |         11.0      |          4.2      |         23.7      |         13.6      |          8.3      |          7.1      |          6.6      |          5.7      |          5.1      
         Punctures (except gunshot wounds)...............................................................|          1.6      |          2.0      |          1.1      |          3.1      |          2.8      |          1.9      |          1.6      |          1.4      |          1.0      |           .5      
       Bruise, contusions................................................................................|         10.2      |          9.4      |         11.1      |         10.0      |         10.4      |          9.9      |          9.2      |         10.4      |         11.2      |         13.7      
       Chemical burns and corrosions.....................................................................|           .4      |           .5      |           .2      |           .4      |           .6      |           .3      |           .5      |           .4      |           .2      |           .3      
       Heat (thermal) burns..............................................................................|          1.5      |          1.7      |          1.2      |          4.0      |          3.7      |          1.4      |          1.5      |          1.3      |           .7      |           .9      
       Multiple traumatic injuries.......................................................................|          4.3      |          4.5      |          4.0      |          3.6      |          3.1      |          3.7      |          4.0      |          4.3      |          5.9      |          6.4      
         With sprains....................................................................................|          1.8      |          1.7      |          1.9      |          1.3      |          1.1      |          1.6      |          1.9      |          1.7      |          2.6      |          1.9      
         With fractures..................................................................................|           .8      |          1.0      |           .6      |           .4      |           .8      |           .6      |           .7      |           .9      |          1.2      |          1.2      
       Soreness, pain....................................................................................|         14.5      |         15.0      |         14.1      |          8.7      |         13.6      |         13.0      |         14.9      |         17.0      |         14.1      |         13.4      
       Carpal tunnel syndrome............................................................................|          1.0      |           .6      |          1.5      |         -         |           .2      |           .6      |           .9      |          1.9      |          1.1      |           .6      
       Tendonitis (other or unspecified).................................................................|           .3      |           .3      |           .5      |           .2      |           .3      |           .3      |           .4      |           .5      |           .3      |           .4      
       All other natures.................................................................................|         21.4      |         24.3      |         17.7      |         18.6      |         19.1      |         18.5      |         22.8      |         23.8      |         21.2      |         15.3      
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     Event or exposure leading to injury or illness:                                                     |                   |                   |                   |                   |                   |                   |                   |                   |                   |                   
       Violence and other injuries by persons or animal..................................................|          7.3      |          6.8      |          8.0      |          6.0      |          8.2      |          8.8      |          9.0      |          6.1      |          4.5      |          3.4      
        Intentional injury by other person...............................................................|          2.8      |          2.3      |          3.5      |          1.8      |          4.1      |          3.4      |          3.1      |          2.4      |          2.0      |          1.6      
        Injury by person unintentional or intent unknown.................................................|          3.1      |          3.0      |          3.3      |          1.8      |          2.1      |          3.9      |          4.3      |          2.5      |          1.8      |          1.2      
        Animal and insect related incidents..............................................................|          1.3      |          1.4      |          1.1      |          2.4      |          1.9      |          1.5      |          1.4      |          1.1      |           .7      |           .6      
       Transportation incidents..........................................................................|          5.8      |          7.4      |          3.8      |          3.7      |          4.8      |          5.6      |          6.4      |          6.5      |          5.6      |          4.8      
        Roadway incidents involving motorized land vehicles..............................................|          4.0      |          4.8      |          3.0      |          1.8      |          3.0      |          3.7      |          4.5      |          4.4      |          4.0      |          3.6      
       Fires and explosions..............................................................................|           .2      |           .4      |         -         |           .1      |           .2      |           .4      |           .3      |           .2      |           .1      |           .1      
       Falls, slips, trips...............................................................................|         29.7      |         27.1      |         33.0      |         18.0      |         18.0      |         21.2      |         27.1      |         34.6      |         43.5      |         48.4      
        Slips, trips without fall........................................................................|          4.8      |          5.2      |          4.1      |          2.5      |          4.0      |          3.8      |          5.3      |          5.6      |          5.0      |          4.2      
        Fall on same level...............................................................................|         18.2      |         13.1      |         24.7      |         11.2      |         10.0      |         11.6      |         15.4      |         21.1      |         29.6      |         36.7      
        Fall to lower level..............................................................................|          5.6      |          7.5      |          3.4      |          3.5      |          3.4      |          4.8      |          5.4      |          6.4      |          7.7      |          6.5      
       Exposure to harmful substances or enviroments.....................................................|          4.8      |          5.3      |          4.3      |          8.5      |          7.8      |          4.5      |          5.3      |          4.8      |          3.1      |          3.1      
       Contact with object, equipment....................................................................|         26.9      |         35.0      |         16.6      |         46.1      |         38.2      |         28.1      |         26.2      |         26.3      |         20.7      |         16.1      
        Struck by object or equipment....................................................................|         15.3      |         20.0      |          9.4      |         26.1      |         22.5      |         16.3      |         14.8      |         14.8      |         11.4      |          9.0      
        Struck against object or equipment...............................................................|          6.4      |          7.8      |          4.6      |         11.2      |          7.6      |          6.6      |          6.3      |          6.6      |          5.2      |          4.1      
        Caught in or compressed by object or equipment...................................................|          3.7      |          5.1      |          1.9      |          6.8      |          5.9      |          3.6      |          3.7      |          3.5      |          3.0      |          2.4      
       Overexertion and bodily reaction..................................................................|         41.3      |         44.7      |         37.1      |         26.1      |         34.7      |         37.7      |         44.3      |         49.6      |         39.6      |         23.8      
        Overexertion in lifting or lowering..............................................................|         13.6      |         15.9      |         10.7      |         10.8      |         12.8      |         13.2      |         14.5      |         15.7      |         12.4      |          6.8      
        Repetitive motion involving microtasks...........................................................|          3.4      |          2.3      |          4.8      |           .9      |          1.6      |          2.4      |          3.4      |          5.0      |          3.9      |          2.9      
       All other event or exposures......................................................................|          1.2      |          1.4      |           .8      |           .5      |           .8      |           .8      |          1.2      |           .8      |           .8      |           .2      
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     Part of body affected by the injury or illness:                                                     |                   |                   |                   |                   |                   |                   |                   |                   |                   |                   
       Head..............................................................................................|          7.8      |          8.7      |          6.6      |          8.3      |         10.6      |          8.1      |          7.9      |          7.0      |          6.6      |          8.0      
         Eye(s)..........................................................................................|          2.5      |          3.4      |          1.3      |          2.8      |          3.5      |          2.8      |          2.7      |          2.3      |          1.4      |           .8      
       Neck..............................................................................................|          1.7      |          1.6      |          1.6      |          1.0      |          1.1      |          1.4      |          2.0      |          2.1      |          1.5      |           .7      
       Trunk.............................................................................................|         29.1      |         32.9      |         24.3      |         17.1      |         26.7      |         29.0      |         32.0      |         31.7      |         26.6      |         19.3      
         Back............................................................................................|         22.4      |         24.4      |         19.9      |         13.1      |         21.1      |         23.9      |         25.4      |         24.2      |         18.1      |         10.8      
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       Upper extremities.................................................................................|         35.4      |         40.0      |         29.7      |         47.0      |         37.1      |         30.9      |         34.6      |         38.9      |         37.0      |         29.7      
         Shoulder........................................................................................|          8.6      |          9.7      |          7.2      |          4.0      |          5.1      |          6.2      |          8.7      |         11.0      |         11.5      |          7.8      
         Arm.............................................................................................|          5.8      |          6.3      |          5.0      |          4.3      |          5.0      |          4.8      |          6.1      |          6.6      |          6.0      |          6.1      
         Wrist...........................................................................................|          4.7      |          3.9      |          5.8      |          4.5      |          4.4      |          4.1      |          4.1      |          5.7      |          5.3      |          5.1      
         Hand............................................................................................|         13.9      |         18.1      |          8.8      |         32.9      |         20.8      |         14.0      |         13.1      |         13.2      |         11.1      |          8.3      
       Lower extremities.................................................................................|         26.8      |         29.7      |         23.1      |         26.4      |         26.1      |         24.8      |         26.3      |         29.9      |         27.5      |         22.2      
         Knee............................................................................................|         10.8      |         12.0      |          9.2      |          8.8      |          7.7      |          8.8      |         10.6      |         13.0      |         12.5      |         10.6      
         Ankle...........................................................................................|          5.9      |          6.2      |          5.6      |          7.6      |          7.2      |          6.5      |          6.2      |          5.8      |          4.4      |          4.3      
         Foot............................................................................................|          5.1      |          5.7      |          4.3      |          6.8      |          6.7      |          5.4      |          4.5      |          5.0      |          4.8      |          3.6      
       Body systems......................................................................................|          2.6      |          2.5      |          2.7      |          3.2      |          2.2      |          2.3      |          3.2      |          2.9      |          2.1      |          1.9      
       Multiple..........................................................................................|         13.0      |         11.7      |         14.8      |          5.4      |          8.1      |         10.1      |         13.2      |         15.7      |         16.0      |         17.9      
       All other parts of body...........................................................................|           .9      |           .8      |           .8      |           .5      |           .8      |           .6      |           .7      |           .7      |           .6      |           .2      
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     Source of injury or illness:                                                                        |                   |                   |                   |                   |                   |                   |                   |                   |                   |                   
       Chemicals and chemical products...................................................................|          1.5      |          1.6      |          1.4      |          1.4      |          1.6      |          1.4      |          2.0      |          1.5      |          1.1      |          1.3      
       Containers........................................................................................|         12.5      |         14.4      |         10.3      |         14.0      |         13.5      |         11.6      |         13.0      |         14.3      |         11.6      |          7.0      
       Furniture and fixtures............................................................................|          5.1      |          4.2      |          6.1      |          4.8      |          4.0      |          4.2      |          5.1      |          5.8      |          5.8      |          5.4      
       Machinery.........................................................................................|          5.8      |          8.1      |          2.9      |         12.2      |          8.4      |          5.3      |          5.7      |          5.8      |          5.1      |          3.1      
       Parts and materials...............................................................................|          9.4      |         15.0      |          2.4      |         10.3      |         10.0      |          9.9      |          9.2      |         10.6      |          7.5      |          7.2      
       Person, injured or ill worker.....................................................................|         17.8      |         18.3      |         17.1      |         10.4      |         12.8      |         14.6      |         18.9      |         22.5      |         17.7      |         13.9      
         Worker motion or position.......................................................................|         16.9      |         17.5      |         16.2      |          9.8      |         12.3      |         13.9      |         17.7      |         21.6      |         16.8      |         13.1      
       Person, other than injured or ill worker..........................................................|         11.6      |          7.4      |         17.0      |          7.4      |         13.1      |         13.7      |         13.9      |         10.4      |          8.2      |          4.7      
         Patient.........................................................................................|          6.4      |          2.4      |         11.6      |          4.6      |          7.9      |          7.5      |          7.1      |          6.1      |          5.1      |          2.0      
       Floors, walkways, ground surfaces.................................................................|         19.2      |         14.9      |         24.7      |         10.8      |         10.9      |         12.7      |         17.0      |         22.3      |         30.6      |         35.1      
       Handtools.........................................................................................|          4.9      |          7.3      |          2.0      |         10.0      |          8.3      |          5.5      |          5.3      |          4.0      |          3.4      |          1.5      
       Ladder............................................................................................|          2.1      |          3.0      |          1.0      |          1.6      |          1.1      |          2.0      |          2.0      |          2.7      |          2.6      |          2.0      
       Vehicles..........................................................................................|         11.3      |         15.0      |          6.7      |          8.8      |          9.9      |         10.5      |         11.4      |         12.8      |         12.1      |         10.2      
       Trucks............................................................................................|          2.9      |          4.9      |           .4      |          1.4      |          1.5      |          2.2      |          2.8      |          3.7      |          4.2      |          2.6      
       Cart, dolly, hand truck nonpowered................................................................|          1.4      |          1.5      |          1.3      |          1.8      |          1.4      |          1.4      |          1.2      |          1.7      |          1.3      |          1.0      
       All other sources.................................................................................|         15.9      |         18.7      |         12.0      |         17.2      |         19.0      |         15.8      |         16.5      |         16.2      |         12.3      |          8.6      
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       1 Incidence rates represent the number of injuries and illnesses per 10,000 full-time workers and were calculated as:  (N/EH) x 20,000,000 where            
       
       N     =number of injuries and illnesses                      
       EH    =total hours worked by all employees                   
              during the calendar year                             
       
       20,000,000=base for 10,000 equivalent full-time workers 
              (working 40 hours per week, 50 weeks per year)
       
       2 Days-away-from-work cases include those that resulted in days away from work, some of which also included job transfer or restriction.
       3 Musculoskeletal disorders (MSD) include cases where the nature of the injury or illness is pinched nerve;  herniated disc; meniscus tear; sprains, strains, tears; hernia (traumatic and nontraumatic); pain, swelling, and numbness; carpal or tarsal tunnel syndrome; Raynaud's syndrome or
     phenomenon; musculoskeletal system and connective tissue diseases and disorders, when the event or exposure leading to the injury or illness is overexertion and bodily reaction, unspecified; overexertion involving outside sources; repetitive motion involving microtasks; other and multiple exertions
     or bodily reactions; and rubbed, abraded, or jarred by vibration.
       
       NOTE:  Dash indicates data do not meet publication guidelines.  Because of rounding and data exclusion of nonclassifiable responses, data may not sum to the totals.
       SOURCE:  Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses in cooperation with participating State agencies