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 transportation and utilities. Sprains appear in the top three for all three years also for the most common injury type.
Complete Data
| Nature of Injury | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALL OTHER - SPECIFIC INJURIES (NOT OTHERWISE CLASSIFIED) | 386 | 332 | 271 |
| ALL OTHER CUMULATIVE INJURIES (NOT OTHERWISE CLASSIFIED) | 23 | 15 | 20 |
| ALL OTHER OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| AMPUTATION | 14 | 16 | 7 |
| ANGINA PECTORIS (CONDITION ASSOCIATED WITH HEART) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ASBESTOSIS | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| ASPHYXIATION | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| BURN | 21 | 18 | 22 |
| CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME | 53 | 35 | 45 |
| COLD OBJECTS OR SUBSTANCES | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| CONCUSSION | 9 | 16 | 17 |
| CONTAGIOUS DISEASE | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| CONTUSION | 349 | 299 | 291 |
| CRUSHING | 30 | 45 | 36 |
| DERMATITIS | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| DISLOCATION | 21 | 19 | 21 |
| DUST DISEASE NOC (ALL OTHER PNEUMOCONIOSIS) | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| ELECTRIC SHOCK | 8 | 2 | 0 |
| ENUCLEATION (TO REMOVE, EX. TUMOR, EYE, ETC.) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| FOREIGN BODY | 2 | 15 | 2 |
| FRACTURE | 290 | 291 | 247 |
| FREEZING | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| HEARING LOSS (TRAUMATIC ONLY) | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| HEAT PROSTRATION | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| HERNIA | 87 | 93 | 81 |
| INFECTION | 9 | 11 | 5 |
| INFLAMMATION | 74 | 69 | 41 |
| LACERATION | 107 | 99 | 99 |
| LOSS OF HEARING | 11 | 5 | 0 |
| MENTAL DISORDER | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MENTAL STRESS | 8 | 14 | 7 |
| MULTIPLE INJURIES INCLUDING BOTH PHYSICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| MULTIPLE INJURIES PHYSICAL ONLY | 124 | 125 | 114 |
| MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION (HEART ATTACK) | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| NO PHYSICAL INJURY | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| POISONING-CHEMICAL (OTHER THAN METALS) | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| POISONING-GENERAL (NOT OD OR CUMULATIVE INJURY AND NOC) | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| PUNCTURE | 9 | 18 | 11 |
| RESPIRATORY DISORDERS (GASES, FUMES, CHEMICALS, ET | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| RUPTURE | 20 | 16 | 24 |
| SEVERANCE | 7 | 7 | 1 |
| SILICOSIS | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| SPRAIN | 216 | 208 | 227 |
| STRAIN | 2243 | 2300 | 1880 |
| SWOONING, FAINTING, PASSING OUT, NO OTHER INJURY (SYNCOPE) | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| VASCULAR LOSS | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| VISION LOSS | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 4152 | 4088 | 3489 |