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. Multiple body parts, followed by knees, appear to be most common injuries over all three years.
Complete Data
| Body part of Injury | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABDOMEN (INCLUDING GROIN) | 112 | 105 | 99 |
| ANKLE | 222 | 213 | 206 |
| BODY SYSTEMS AND MULTIPLE BODY SYSTEMS | 17 | 12 | 10 |
| BRAIN | 3 | 7 | 9 |
| BUTTOCKS | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| CHEST (INCLUDING RIBS, STERNUM AND SOFT TISSUE) | 65 | 78 | 66 |
| DISC | 17 | 16 | 11 |
| EAR(S) | 12 | 7 | 4 |
| ELBOW | 76 | 90 | 76 |
| EYE(S) | 15 | 25 | 16 |
| FACIAL BONES | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| FINGER(S) | 123 | 111 | 86 |
| FOOT | 111 | 134 | 122 |
| GREAT TOE | 9 | 4 | 5 |
| HAND | 113 | 109 | 94 |
| HEART | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| HIP | 35 | 21 | 28 |
| INSUFFICIENT INFO TO PROPERLY IDENTIFY-UNCLASSIFIED | 37 | 24 | 48 |
| INTERNAL ORGANS | 9 | 13 | 8 |
| KNEE | 381 | 373 | 342 |
| LOWER ARM | 63 | 54 | 46 |
| LOWER BACK AREA (INCLUDING LUMBAR AND LUMBO-SACRA | 1033 | 1029 | 832 |
| LOWER LEG | 105 | 93 | 81 |
| LUMBAR AND/OR SACRAL VERTEBRA (VERTEBRA NOC TRUNK) | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| LUNGS | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| MOUTH | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| MULTIPLE BODY PARTS (INCLUDING BODY SYSTEMS & BODY PARTS) | 437 | 451 | 351 |
| MULTIPLE HEAD INJURY | 30 | 38 | 33 |
| MULTIPLE LOWER EXTREMITIES | 41 | 40 | 29 |
| MULTIPLE NECK INJURY | 93 | 65 | 51 |
| MULTIPLE TRUNK | 46 | 46 | 33 |
| MULTIPLE UPPER EXTREMITIES | 40 | 40 | 44 |
| NO PHYSICAL INJURY | 1 | 6 | 4 |
| NOSE | 8 | 5 | 1 |
| OTHER FACIAL SOFT TISSUE | 5 | 6 | 9 |
| PELVIS | 19 | 26 | 15 |
| SACRUM AND COCCYX | 7 | 8 | 7 |
| SHOULDER(S) | 342 | 309 | 262 |
| SKULL | 9 | 3 | 7 |
| SOFT TISSUE | 17 | 29 | 32 |
| SPINAL CORD | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| TEETH | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| THIGH | 25 | 24 | 14 |
| THUMB | 38 | 21 | 18 |
| TOE(S) | 23 | 22 | 17 |
| UPPER ARM (INCLUDING CLAVICLE AND SCAPULA) | 121 | 155 | 111 |
| UPPER BACK AREA (THORACIC AREA) | 98 | 88 | 107 |
| VERTEBRAE | 12 | 6 | 3 |
| WRIST | 151 | 160 | 131 |
| WRIST(S) & HAND(S) | 5 | 6 | 8 |
| Total | 4152 | 4088 | 3489 |