New research by business experts at Upflip has revealed the occupations taking the most time off due to injury or illness. The study analyzed the newest injury and illness data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics to see which occupations had the highest percentage of cases where six days or more were taken off from work.
Among its key findings are:
- Merchandise displayers and window trimmers were taking the most time off due to injury or illness. There were 1,420 cases of this in 2022, of which 1,260, or 88.73%, involved six days or more being taken off work. Additionally, 290 of these were found to be where 31 days or more were taken off work.
- Flight attendants come second on the list, with 9,450 cases where days were taken off work. Of this number, 8,000, or 84.66%, were where six days or more were taken. 5,240 of these cases were where 31 days or more were taken.
- Food processing workers come in third, where 3,200, or 83.55%, of the 3,830 cases of days being taken off work were for six days or more. Of this number, 520 cases were found where 31 days or more were taken off work.
- Coming in fourth place were telecommunications line installers and repairers. 4,700 of the 5,650 cases with days taken off work were for six days or more, which is a percentage of 83.19%. Furthermore, 2,980 of these days were for 31 days or more.
- Rounding out the top five were logisticians, which recorded 1,740 cases of days taken off work in 2022. 1,440, or 82.76%, of these cases were where six days or more were taken off work, and 550 of these were where 31 days or more were taken.
