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Table 6: Day Laborer InjuriesTotal(%)West(%)Midwest(%)Southwest(%)South(%)East(%)Share of day laborers that considersjobs dangerousShare of day laborers that suffered awork-related injuryShare of day laborers that sufferedan injury requiring medical attentionShare of injured workers that missedwork due to injury73 71 92 65 72 8120 21 34 15 23 2019 19 34 15 19 2067 60 72 85 67 69Number of work days by injuredworkers1 – 7 days 39 40 55 30 29 438 days – one month 39 40 7 47 47 3630+ days 22 19 39 23 24 21Mean number of days missed 33 26 35 32 41 39Number of days working while inpainNone 32 37 32 34 17 281 – 7 days 32 33 24 19 39 328 days – one month 25 17 27 35 38 28More than one month 12 13 17 12 6 12Mean number of days worked in pain 20 22 15 19 14 19Source: National Day Labor Survey, 2004.Among day laborers who have been injured on the job in the past year, more thanhalf (54 percent) did not receive the medical care they needed for the injury, mainlybecause the worker could not afford health care or the employer refused to cover theworker under the company’s workers’ compensation insurance. It is likely that most ofthe work-related injuries suffered by day laborers that required medical attention shouldhave been covered under workers’ compensation policies. However, just 6 percent ofinjured day laborers had their medical expenses covered by their employer’s workers’compensation insurance. In most cases, employers evade these costs (i.e., rising workers’13
compensation premiums), often by simply denying coverage to workers or by threateningworkers with nonpayment of wages or other forms of retaliation should they attempt tofile a claim.14
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