Wisconsin Workplace Safety Institute
AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY, TRANSPORTATION, MINING & UTILITIES > INJURY DATA: AGRICULTURE > BODY PART INJURED

Body part obviously describes what part of the body was injured during the workplace accident. The following charts display the top 10 “ body parts” found in the WC Division’s injury database for 1999, 2000 and 2001. You will note the back ranks first for the most often injured body part for all three years. In the agricultural occupations, the next most affected body parts are knees and fingers.

1999 2000 2001

Complete Data

  • Body part of Injury for compensable claims in the industry shown on the claims management system to be : Agricultural, Forestry, & Fishing
  • The column is the year of the date of injury for the compensable claim
1999 2000 2001
ABDOMEN (INCLUDING GROIN) 23 23 12
ANKLE 24 24 23
BODY SYSTEMS AND MULTIPLE BODY SYSTEMS 3 3 2
BRAIN 1 1 0
BUTTOCKS 1 0 0
CHEST (INCLUDING RIBS, STERNUM AND SOFT TISSUE) 19 10 14
DISC 2 1 1
EAR(S) 0 0 0
ELBOW 9 14 14
EYE(S) 8 2 8
FACIAL BONES 1 0 0
FINGER(S) 43 50 62
FOOT 21 24 20
GREAT TOE 4 3 1
HAND 25 38 31
HEART 0 0 0
HIP 7 3 3
INSUFFICIENT INFO TO PROPERLY IDENTIFY-UNCLASSIFIED 12 6 8
INTERNAL ORGANS 2 1 1
KNEE 58 56 48
LOWER ARM 10 16 13
LOWER BACK AREA (INCLUDING LUMBAR AND LUMBO-SACRA 125 158 128
LOWER LEG 24 24 16
LUMBAR AND/OR SACRAL VERTEBRA (VERTEBRA NOC TRUNK) 0 0 1
LUNGS 2 0 0
MOUTH 0 0 0
MULTIPLE BODY PARTS (INCLUDING BODY SYSTEMS & BODY PARTS) 42 41 43
MULTIPLE HEAD INJURY 0 3 11
MULTIPLE LOWER EXTREMITIES 2 9 6
MULTIPLE NECK INJURY 5 5 2
MULTIPLE TRUNK 2 5 7
MULTIPLE UPPER EXTREMITIES 6 14 11
NOSE 1 1 3
OTHER FACIAL SOFT TISSUE 3 1 3
PELVIS 2 2 1
SACRUM AND COCCYX 2 0 1
SHOULDER(S) 32 32 34
SKULL 1 0 1
SOFT TISSUE 2 2 3
SPINAL CORD 1 1 0
TEETH 0 0 0
THIGH 1 3 4
THUMB 11 11 6
TOE(S) 9 3 4
UPPER ARM (INCLUDING CLAVICLE AND SCAPULA) 9 15 8
UPPER BACK AREA (THORACIC AREA) 6 5 4
VERTEBRAE 1 1 2
WRIST 29 46 28
WRIST(S) & HAND(S) 1 2 3
Total 592 659 591

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