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Nature of injury refers to the type of injury that happened to the injured worker regardless of the cause or body part. The following charts display the top 10 “nature of injury” classifications found in the WC Division’s injury database for 1999, 2000 and 2001. You will note that strains rank first for all three years. Sprains and contusions round out the top three types of injuries for 1999 and 2000. In 2001, sprains drop to 6th while carpal tunnel has moved from 9th in 1999 to 5th in 2000 and 2001.

1999 2000 2001

Complete Data

  • Nature 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
ALL OTHER - SPECIFIC INJURIES (NOT OTHERWISE CLASSIFIED) 375 264 196
ALL OTHER CUMULATIVE INJURIES (NOT OTHERWISE CLASSIFIED) 47 39 31
ALL OTHER OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE 4 1 1
AMPUTATION 16 21 25
ASBESTOSIS 1 0 0
ASPHYXIATION 0 0 0
BLACK LUNG 0 0 0
BURN 45 16 26
CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME 77 76 72
COLD OBJECTS OR SUBSTANCES 0 0 1
CONCUSSION 4 4 11
CONTUSION 207 189 176
CRUSHING 44 44 43
DERMATITIS 5 3 5
DISLOCATION 10 10 16
ELECTRIC SHOCK 1 1 0
ENUCLEATION (TO REMOVE, EX. TUMOR, EYE, ETC.) 1 0 1
FOREIGN BODY 12 12 8
FRACTURE 214 219 184
FREEZING 1 0 0
HEARING LOSS (TRAUMATIC ONLY) 1 0 2
HEAT PROSTRATION 1 0 4
HERNIA 99 101 84
INFECTION 7 11 6
INFLAMMATION 54 48 33
LACERATION 130 167 130
LOSS OF HEARING 3 3 1
MENTAL DISORDER 0 1 0
MENTAL STRESS 1 4 1
MULTIPLE INJURIES INCLUDING BOTH PHYSICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL 4 3 0
MULTIPLE INJURIES PHYSICAL ONLY 64 97 73
MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION (HEART ATTACK) 0 1 1
NO PHYSICAL INJURY 0 1 0
POISONING-CHEMICAL (OTHER THAN METALS) 0 2 0
POISONING-GENERAL (NOT OD OR CUMULATIVE INJURY AND NOC) 1 1 1
POISONING-METAL 0 1 0
PUNCTURE 11 20 14
RESPIRATORY DISORDERS (GASES, FUMES, CHEMICALS, ET 4 4 3
RUPTURE 10 22 16
SEVERANCE 4 5 5
SPRAIN 295 264 252
STRAIN 1445 1477 1180
SWOONING, FAINTING, PASSING OUT, NO OTHER INJURY (SYNCOPE) 0 0 1
VASCULAR LOSS 0 1 0
Total 3198 3133 2603

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