Table 5.
Percentage of nonfatal injuries involving days away from work due to falls and slips among selected occupations in 1999–2001
| Occupation |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Managerial, professional | Technical, sales, admin support | Service | Farming, forestry, fishing | Precision production craft, repair | Operators, fabricators laborers | |
| 99 | ||||||
| All events | 5.6 | 14.7 | 17.0 | 2.5 | 17.5 | 42.3 |
| Fall | 7.5 | 17.2 | 21.0 | 2.4 | 16.9 | 34.6 |
| Fall to lower | 5.4 | 13.8 | 11.1 | 3.2 | 27.0 | 39.0 |
| Fall on same | 8.8 | 19.3 | 26.9 | 1.9 | 11.5 | 31.2 |
| Slip | 5.2 | 16.9 | 19.9 | 2.6 | 15.9 | 39.1 |
| 00 | ||||||
| All events | 6.0 | 15.3 | 16.7 | 2.5 | 18.0 | 41.1 |
| Fall | 7.6 | 18.9 | 20.2 | 2.5 | 16.9 | 33.5 |
| Fall to lower | 6.0 | 13.3 | 11.1 | 3.0 | 27.8 | 38.4 |
| Fall on same | 8.7 | 22.0 | 25.3 | 2.2 | 11.3 | 30.2 |
| Slip | 6.5 | 17.0 | 19.2 | 3.4 | 16.9 | 36.7 |
| 01 | ||||||
| All events | 6.4 | 15.5 | 17.3 | 2.9 | 18.3 | 39.4 |
| Fall | 8.5 | 19.2 | 21.1 | 2.5 | 17.6 | 30.9 |
| Fall to lower | 6.4 | 15.6 | 10.1 | 3.3 | 28.5 | 36.1 |
| Fall on same | 9.7 | 21.5 | 27.7 | 2.0 | 11.5 | 27.4 |
| Slip | 7.8 | 18.7 | 18.9 | 2.4 | 17.8 | 34.2 |