Table 2b.

Number of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work 1
by selected worker occupations and major industry sector, 2004

Minnesota--private industry

Goods producing 2 Service providing

Private Natural Trade, Profes-

Occupation Total Total Education
industry 2 resources Construc- Manufac- transport- Informa- Financial sional and Leisure and Other
goods service and health
and mining tion turing ation, and tion activities business hospitality services
producing 2 providing services
2,3
utilities 4 services

Total………………………………………………………………………..………….
24,000 8,780 200 2,890 5,690 15,220 6,390 320 490 1,550 4,350 1,540 590
Laborers and freight, stock, and
material movers, hand................................................................................................................
2,270 540 -- -- 540 1,730 1,510 30 -- -- -- 110 --
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants................................................................................................................
1,450 -- -- -- -- 1,450 -- -- -- -- 1,450 -- --
Construction laborers................................................................................................................
900 840 -- 820 30 60 50 -- -- -- -- -- --
Carpenters................................................................................................................
860 780 -- 730 40 80 70 -- -- -- -- -- --
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer................................................................................................................
830 180 -- 70 110 640 400 -- -- -- -- -- --
Janitors and cleaners, except
maids and housekeeping cleaners................................................................................................................
720 70 -- -- 70 650 80 50 30 240 140 100 --
Truck drivers, light or delivery services................................................................................................................
700 70 -- -- 70 630 530 -- 40 -- 40 -- --
Registered nurses................................................................................................................
630 -- -- -- -- 630 -- -- -- -- 630 -- --
Retail salespersons................................................................................................................
530 -- -- -- -- 530 530 -- -- -- -- -- --
Stock clerks and order fillers................................................................................................................
450 100 -- -- 100 350 340 -- -- -- -- -- --
Waiters and waitresses................................................................................................................
440 -- -- -- -- 440 -- -- -- -- -- 440 --
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers................................................................................................................
420 400 -- -- 400 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Industrial machinery mechanics................................................................................................................
410 210 20 -- 190 200 50 -- -- -- -- -- --
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................................................................................................................
400 -- -- -- -- 400 -- -- -- -- 400 -- --
Electricians................................................................................................................
330 310 -- 310 -- 20 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Driver/sales workers................................................................................................................
330 -- -- -- -- 320 50 -- -- -- -- 260 --
Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................................................................................................
310 -- -- -- -- 310 -- -- -- -- 170 110 --
Maintenance and repair workers, general................................................................................................................
300 70 -- -- 60 230 -- -- 90 -- 70 -- --
Automotive service technicians and mechanics................................................................................................................
280 -- -- -- -- 280 210 -- -- -- -- -- 70
First-line supervisors/managers
of retail sales workers................................................................................................................
240 -- -- -- -- 240 240 -- -- -- -- -- --
First-line supervisors/managers
of production and operating workers................................................................................................................
190 170 -- -- 170 20 -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers................................................................................................................
180 -- -- -- -- 180 90 -- 30 -- -- -- --
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters................................................................................................................
170 160 -- 160 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Molding, coremaking, and casting
machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic................................................................................................................
170 170 -- -- 170 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Customer service representatives................................................................................................................
160 20 -- -- -- 150 40 -- -- -- -- -- --
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks................................................................................................................
160 110 -- -- 110 50 40 -- -- -- -- -- --

1
Days-away-from-work cases include those that result in days away from work with or without job transfer requirements effective January 1, 2002: therefore estimates for these industries are not comparable
or restriction. to estimates in other industries.
2
Excludes farms with fewer than 11 employees. 4
Data for employers in rail transportation are provided to BLS by the Federal Railroad
3
Data for mining (Sector 21 in the North American Industry Classification System -- United States, 2002) Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation.
include establishments not governed by the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) rules and reporting, NOTE: Dashes indicate data that are not available. Because of rounding and data exclusion
such as those in oil and gas extraction and related support activities. Data for mining operators in coal, metal, and of nonclassifiable responses, data may not sum to the totals.
nonmetal mining are provided to BLS by the Mine Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor.
Independent mining contractors are excluded from the coal, metal, and nonmetal mining industries. These data SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U. S. Department of Labor, Survey of Occupational
do not reflect the changes the Occupational Safety and Health Administration made to its recordkeeping Injuries and Illnesses in cooperation with participating State agencies.
Table 2b. Number of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work 1 by selected worker occupations and major industry sector, 2003
(in hundreds)
Minnesota--private industry

Goods producing 2 Service providing

Private Natural Trade, Profes-

Occupation Total Total Education
industry 2 resources Construc- Manufac- transport- Informa- Financial sional and Leisure and Other
goods service and health
and mining tion turing ation, and tion activities business hospitality services
producing 2 providing services
2,3
utilities 4 services

Total………………………………………………………………………..………….
255.5 84.6 3.0 28.7 52.8 170.9 70.2 3.6 7.0 23.6 50.8 11.3 4.4
Laborers and freight, stock, and
material movers, hand................................................................................................................
17.3 4.2 -- -- 4.2 13.0 11.0 0.4 -- -- 1.5 -- --
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer................................................................................................................
14.9 2.0 0.2 0.7 1.1 12.9 7.5 -- 0.2 4.5 0.7 -- --
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants................................................................................................................
14.6 -- -- -- -- 14.6 -- -- -- -- 14.6 -- --
Carpenters................................................................................................................
10.2 8.9 -- 8.9 -- 1.3 1.1 -- -- -- -- -- --
Janitors and cleaners, except
maids and housekeeping cleaners................................................................................................................
8.4 0.7 -- -- 0.6 7.7 1.4 -- 2.1 2.3 1.2 0.6 --
Construction laborers................................................................................................................
7.5 7.3 -- 7.2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Stock clerks and order fillers................................................................................................................
6.8 0.7 -- -- 0.6 6.1 6.0 -- -- -- -- -- --
Registered nurses................................................................................................................
5.5 -- -- -- -- 5.5 -- -- -- -- 5.5 -- --
Truck drivers, light or delivery services................................................................................................................
5.4 -- -- -- -- 5.3 4.8 -- -- -- -- -- --
Cashiers................................................................................................................
4.5 -- -- -- -- 4.5 4.5 -- -- -- -- -- --
Maids and housekeeping cleaners................................................................................................................
4.4 -- -- -- -- 4.4 -- -- -- -- 2.5 1.2 --
Retail salespersons................................................................................................................
4.2 -- -- -- -- 4.2 4.2 -- -- -- -- -- --
Maintenance and repair workers, general................................................................................................................
3.1 0.7 -- -- 0.7 2.3 0.7 -- 0.2 -- -- -- --
Home health aides................................................................................................................
2.7 -- -- -- -- 2.7 -- -- -- -- 2.6 -- --
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters................................................................................................................
2.5 2.5 -- 2.5 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses................................................................................................................
2.4 -- -- -- -- 2.4 -- -- -- -- 2.4 -- --
Automotive service technicians and mechanics................................................................................................................
2.4 -- -- -- -- 2.4 2.0 -- -- -- -- -- --
Driver/sales workers................................................................................................................
2.4 0.7 -- -- 0.7 1.7 1.6 -- -- -- -- -- --
Industrial machinery mechanics................................................................................................................
2.3 1.9 0.2 -- 1.5 0.5 0.4 -- -- -- -- -- --
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers................................................................................................................
2.1 2.0 -- -- 2.0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Customer service representatives................................................................................................................
2.0 -- -- -- -- 1.8 0.7 -- 0.3 -- -- -- --
Cooks, institution and cafeteria................................................................................................................
1.8 -- -- -- -- 1.8 -- -- -- -- 0.8 -- --
Emergency medical technicians and paramedics................................................................................................................
1.7 -- -- -- -- 1.7 -- -- -- -- 1.7 -- --
Office clerks, general................................................................................................................
1.7 -- -- -- -- 1.6 0.4 -- 0.4 -- 0.6 -- --
Cleaners of vehicles and equipment................................................................................................................
1.7 -- -- -- -- 1.6 1.2 -- -- -- -- -- --
Industrial production managers................................................................................................................
1.5 1.5 -- -- 1.5 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Printing machine operators................................................................................................................
1.5 1.2 -- -- 1.2 -- -- 0.3 -- -- -- -- --
Cooks, restaurant................................................................................................................
1.4 -- -- -- -- 1.4 -- -- -- -- -- 1.4 --
First-line supervisors/managers
of retail sales workers................................................................................................................
1.4 -- -- -- -- 1.4 1.4 -- -- -- -- -- --

1
Days-away-from-work cases include those that result in days away from work with or without job transfer
or restriction.
2
Excludes farms with fewer than 11 employees.
3
Data for mining (Sector 21 in the North American Industry Classification System -- United States, 2002)
include establishments not governed by the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) rules and reporting,
such as those in oil and gas extraction and related support activities. Data for mining operators in coal, metal, and
nonmetal mining are provided to BLS by the Mine Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor.
Independent mining contractors are excluded from the coal, metal, and nonmetal mining industries. These data
do not reflect the changes the Occupational Safety and Health Administration made to its recordkeeping
requirements effective January 1, 2002: therefore estimates for these industries are not comparable to estimates
in other industries.
4
Data for employers in rail transportation are provided to BLS by the Federal Railroad
Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation. These data do not reflect the changes the
Occupational Safety and Health Administration made to its recordkeeping requirements effective
January 1, 2002: therefore estimates for these industries are not comparable to estimates in other
industries.
NOTE: Dashes indicate data that are not available. 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.
Table 2b. Number of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work 1 by selected worker occupations and industry division, 2002
Minnesota--private industry

Goods producing Service producing

Private Agriculture, Transpor- Finance,

Occupation
industry 2 forestry, Manufactur- tation and Wholesale insurance,
Mining 3 Construction Retail trade Services
and ing public trade and real
fishing 2 utilities 4 estate

Total 29,380 504 104 3,456 7,424 2,946 2,547 4,083 566 7,751
Truck drivers 2,245 -- -- 96 246 1,042 581 198 -- 61
Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants 2,024 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 2,022
Laborers, nonconstruction 1,882 -- -- -- 659 86 578 305 -- 206
Construction laborers 938 -- -- 937 -- -- -- -- -- --
Carpenters 806 -- -- 698 40 -- -- -- -- 36
Assemblers 738 -- -- -- 669 -- -- -- -- --
Registered nurses 722 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 720
Licensed practical nurses 490 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 490
Janitors and cleaners 487 -- -- -- 71 -- -- 92 43 239
Welders and cutters 446 -- -- -- 374 -- -- -- -- --
Miscellaneous food preparation occupations 430 -- -- -- -- -- -- 327 -- 101
Automobile mechanics 424 -- -- -- -- -- 46 298 -- 80
Stock and inventory clerks 403 -- -- -- 82 50 115 99 13 40
Maids and housemen 398 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 388
Supervisors and proprietors, sales occupations 375 -- -- -- -- -- 34 341 -- --
Sales workers, other commodities 351 -- -- -- -- -- -- 307 -- 19
Social workers 344 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 344
General office clerks 324 -- -- -- -- 14 -- 57 -- 205
Cooks 298 -- -- -- -- -- -- 106 -- 191
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters 294 -- -- 279 10 -- -- -- -- --
Cashiers 264 -- -- -- -- -- -- 242 -- 16
Printing press operators 263 -- -- -- 260 -- -- -- -- --
Insulation workers 261 -- -- 182 -- -- 79 -- -- --
Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators 260 -- -- -- 185 -- 54 -- -- --
Supervisors, production occupations 247 -- -- -- 224 17 -- -- -- --
Bus, truck, and stationary engine mechanics 237 -- -- -- 29 183 14 -- -- --
Stock handlers and baggers 218 -- -- -- -- -- 16 191 -- --
Butchers and meat cutters 199 -- -- -- 29 -- 20 150 -- --
Traffic, shipping, and receiving clerks 198 -- -- -- 69 -- 40 86 -- --
Bus drivers 197 -- -- -- -- 186 -- -- -- --
Hand packers and packagers 181 -- -- -- 101 -- -- -- -- --

1
Days-away-from-work cases include those which result in days away from work with or without
job transfer or restriction.
2
Excludes farms with fewer than 11 employees.
3
Data for Mining (Division B in the Standard Industrial Classification Manual, 1987 edition) include
establishments not governed by the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) rules and reporting,
such as those in Oil and Gas Extraction. Data for mining operators in coal, metal, and nonmetal mining
are provided to BLS by the Mine Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor.
Independent mining contractors are excluded from the coal, metal, and nonmetal mining industries.
These data do not reflect the changes OSHA made to its recordkeeping requirements effective
January 1, 2002: therefore estimates for these industries are not comparable with estimates for other
industries.
4
Data for employers in railroad transportation are provided to BLS by the Federal Railroad
Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation. These data do not reflect the changes OSHA made
to its recordkeeping requirements effective January 1, 2002: therefore estimates for these industries are
not comparable with estimates for other industries.
NOTE: Dashes indicate data that are not available. 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.