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 strain ranks first for type of injury for all three years in mining. Contusions are the second most common injury type.
Complete Data
| Nature of Injury | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALL OTHER - SPECIFIC INJURIES (NOT OTHERWISE CLASSIFIED) | 19 | 6 | 10 |
| ALL OTHER CUMULATIVE INJURIES (NOT OTHERWISE CLASSIFIED) | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| AMPUTATION | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| ASPHYXIATION | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| BURN | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| CONCUSSION | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| CONTUSION | 14 | 6 | 9 |
| CRUSHING | 2 | 4 | 3 |
| DISLOCATION | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| FOREIGN BODY | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| FRACTURE | 11 | 16 | 10 |
| HEARING LOSS (TRAUMATIC ONLY) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| HERNIA | 7 | 3 | 4 |
| INFECTION | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| INFLAMMATION | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| LACERATION | 7 | 5 | 6 |
| LOSS OF HEARING | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| MULTIPLE INJURIES INCLUDING BOTH PHYSICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| MULTIPLE INJURIES PHYSICAL ONLY | 3 | 4 | 6 |
| POISONING-GENERAL (NOT OD OR CUMULATIVE INJURY AND NOC) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNCTURE | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| RUPTURE | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| SEVERANCE | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| SPRAIN | 8 | 9 | 17 |
| STRAIN | 72 | 57 | 36 |
| VASCULAR LOSS | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 155 | 127 | 116 |