Wisconsin Workplace Safety Institute
SERVICES > INJURY DATA: WHOLESALE TRADE > 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 lower back ranks first for the most often injured body part for all three years. The second most affected single body part is the knee. Injuries involving the shoulder rank 3rd for two of the three years.

1999 2000 2001

Complete Data

  • Body part of Injury for compensable claims in the industry shown on the claims management system to be : Wholesale Trade
  • The column is the year of the date of injury for the compensable claim
1999 2000 2001
ABDOMEN (INCLUDING GROIN) 132 125 114
ANKLE 136 137 122
BODY SYSTEMS AND MULTIPLE BODY SYSTEMS 7 7 10
BRAIN 2 2 4
BUTTOCKS 5 1 4
CHEST (INCLUDING RIBS, STERNUM AND SOFT TISSUE) 43 47 39
DISC 7 13 11
EAR(S) 6 5 3
ELBOW 83 58 57
EYE(S) 18 16 13
FACIAL BONES 0 0 2
FINGER(S) 170 160 146
FOOT 96 96 69
GREAT TOE 12 6 5
HAND 122 118 100
HEART 0 1 0
HIP 19 17 19
INSUFFICIENT INFO TO PROPERLY IDENTIFY-UNCLASSIFIED 36 25 21
INTERNAL ORGANS 10 11 9
KNEE 277 278 230
LARYNX 1 0 0
LOWER ARM 43 50 47
LOWER BACK AREA (INCLUDING LUMBAR AND LUMBO-SACRA 878 800 614
LOWER LEG 62 74 42
LUMBAR AND/OR SACRAL VERTEBRA (VERTEBRA NOC TRUNK) 4 2 3
LUNGS 4 4 3
MOUTH 2 2 2
MULTIPLE BODY PARTS (INCLUDING BODY SYSTEMS & BODY PARTS) 214 242 185
MULTIPLE HEAD INJURY 15 13 24
MULTIPLE LOWER EXTREMITIES 22 38 18
MULTIPLE NECK INJURY 25 35 29
MULTIPLE TRUNK 42 37 43
MULTIPLE UPPER EXTREMITIES 46 57 45
NO PHYSICAL INJURY 2 1 0
NOSE 1 2 1
OTHER FACIAL SOFT TISSUE 4 5 9
PELVIS 11 10 10
SACRUM AND COCCYX 2 3 5
SHOULDER(S) 224 225 195
SKULL 5 12 15
SOFT TISSUE 7 11 11
SPINAL CORD 1 2 0
TEETH 1 0 1
THIGH 15 15 17
THUMB 51 53 27
TOE(S) 25 13 20
TRACHEA 0 2 0
UPPER ARM (INCLUDING CLAVICLE AND SCAPULA) 65 74 45
UPPER BACK AREA (THORACIC AREA) 41 40 37
VERTEBRAE 1 2 2
WRIST 193 181 161
WRIST(S) & HAND(S) 10 5 14
Total 3198 3133 2603

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