Workers suffer the most injuries in these 25 jobs

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A physical therapist helps a man unwrap a bandaged leg.
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- Injury and illness rate: 376.3 per 10,000 full-time workers
- Total injury and illness cases: 2,310
- Median days out: 11

#25. Physical therapist assistants
A nurse taking a patient's blood pressure in a hospital bed.
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- Injury and illness rate: 385.3 per 10,000 full-time workers
- Total injury and illness cases: 90,170
- Median days out: 13

#24. Registered nurses
A medical team management meeting at a table.
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- Injury and illness rate: 386.5 per 10,000 full-time workers
- Total injury and illness cases: 13,750
- Median days out: 12

#23. Medical and health services managers
A young woman on a couch talking with a therapist.
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- Injury and illness rate: 392.7 per 10,000 full-time workers
- Total injury and illness cases: 540
- Median days out: 12

#22. Recreational therapists
A pest control worker spraying the outside windows of a home.
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- Injury and illness rate: 394.0 per 10,000 full-time workers
- Total injury and illness cases: 2,830
- Median days out: 14

#21. Pest control workers
A young girl using a respiratory therapy tool administered by a therapist.
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- Injury and illness rate: 395.9 per 10,000 full-time workers
- Total injury and illness cases: 4,220
- Median days out: 15

#20. Respiratory therapists
A zoo keeper holding a big lizard.
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- Injury and illness rate: 419.7 per 10,000 full-time workers
- Total injury and illness cases: 5,440
- Median days out: 3

#19. Animal caretakers
A maid vacuuming a living room.
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- Injury and illness rate: 423.2 per 10,000 full-time workers
- Total injury and illness cases: 24,120
- Median days out: 11

#18. Maids and housekeeping cleaners
An occupational therapist working with a child while playing with a toy.
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- Injury and illness rate: 444.2 per 10,000 full-time workers
- Total injury and illness cases: 1,320
- Median days out: 12

#17. Occupational therapy assistants
Aircraft cargo handlers moving large packages onto a plane.
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- Injury and illness rate: 460.1 per 10,000 full-time workers
- Total injury and illness cases: 390
- Median days out: 95

#16. Aircraft cargo handling supervisors
A trash collector riding on the back of a green garbage truck.
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- Injury and illness rate: 476.8 per 10,000 full-time workers
- Total injury and illness cases: 4,650
- Median days out: 19

#15. Refuse and recyclable material collectors
A correctional officer escorting a prisoner out of a room.
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- Injury and illness rate: 484.6 per 10,000 full-time workers
- Total injury and illness cases: 2,380
- Median days out: 14

#14. First-line supervisors of correctional officers
A red bus driving through the city.
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- Injury and illness rate: 491.1 per 10,000 full-time workers
- Total injury and illness cases: 7,300
- Median days out: 46

#13. Bus drivers, transit and intercity
A firefighter hosing a wildfire.
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- Injury and illness rate: 539.0 per 10,000 full-time workers
- Total injury and illness cases: 17,890
- Median days out: 14

#12. Firefighters
A surgical assistant holding a tray of tools during surgery.
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- Injury and illness rate: 567.9 per 10,000 full-time workers
- Total injury and illness cases: 3,270
- Median days out: 14

#11. Health information technologists, medical registrars, surgical assistants, and health care practitioners and technical workers, all other
A nurse helping a patient out of a wheelchair.
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- Injury and illness rate: 588.4 per 10,000 full-time workers
- Total injury and illness cases: 30,960
- Median days out: 12

#10. Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses
A police officer walking toward a scene.
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- Injury and illness rate: 685.3 per 10,000 full-time workers
- Total injury and illness cases: 38,930
- Median days out: 11

#9. Police and sheriff's patrol officers
Two firefighters shaking hands in front of an engine.
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- Injury and illness rate: 714.4 per 10,000 full-time workers
- Total injury and illness cases: 5,110
- Median days out: 22

#8. First-line supervisors of firefighting and prevention workers
A correctional officer escorting a prisoner in an orange jumpsuit.
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- Injury and illness rate: 799.4 per 10,000 full-time workers
- Total injury and illness cases: 27,630
- Median days out: 14

#7. Correctional officers and jailers
An orderly helping a man in a wheelchair put on shoes.
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- Injury and illness rate: 849.0 per 10,000 full-time workers
- Total injury and illness cases: 2,780
- Median days out: 11

#6. Orderlies
Occupational therapists helping patients.
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- Injury and illness rate: 904.4 per 10,000 full-time workers
- Total injury and illness cases: 350
- Median days out: 14

#5. Occupational therapy aides
A psychiatric tech kneeling down to help a patient sitting on the floor.
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- Injury and illness rate: 1,000.6 per 10,000 full-time workers
- Total injury and illness cases: 6,840
- Median days out: 6

#4. Psychiatric technicians
A nurse talking with an assistant in the hospital hallway.
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- Injury and illness rate: 1,014.4 per 10,000 full-time workers
- Total injury and illness cases: 103,300
- Median days out: 12

#3. Nursing assistants
An aide speaking with an elderly couple in a health care facility.
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- Injury and illness rate: 1,383.7 per 10,000 full-time workers
- Total injury and illness cases: 5,360
- Median days out: 10

#2. Psychiatric aides
A technician working with an elderly woman on her diet.
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- Injury and illness rate: 3,092.9 per 10,000 full-time workers
- Total injury and illness cases: 6,550
- Median days out: 10

#1. Dietetic technicians
A woman at a desk on the phone with a blue cast on her arm.
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