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. In finance, insurance and real estate, the next most affected single body part is the wrist. Injuries involving multiple body parts also appear in the top three in all three years.
Complete Data
| Body part of Injury | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABDOMEN (INCLUDING GROIN) | 13 | 11 | 14 |
| ANKLE | 34 | 32 | 34 |
| BODY SYSTEMS AND MULTIPLE BODY SYSTEMS | 3 | 5 | 3 |
| BRAIN | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| BUTTOCKS | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| CHEST (INCLUDING RIBS, STERNUM AND SOFT TISSUE) | 8 | 9 | 11 |
| DISC | 6 | 3 | 5 |
| EAR(S) | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| ELBOW | 20 | 20 | 17 |
| EYE(S) | 3 | 4 | 3 |
| FACIAL BONES | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| FINGER(S) | 24 | 30 | 25 |
| FOOT | 27 | 16 | 19 |
| GREAT TOE | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| HAND | 28 | 25 | 32 |
| HEART | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| HIP | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| INSUFFICIENT INFO TO PROPERLY IDENTIFY-UNCLASSIFIED | 11 | 7 | 8 |
| INTERNAL ORGANS | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| KNEE | 68 | 69 | 69 |
| LOWER ARM | 13 | 9 | 13 |
| LOWER BACK AREA (INCLUDING LUMBAR AND LUMBO-SACRA | 130 | 138 | 130 |
| LOWER LEG | 17 | 16 | 7 |
| LUNGS | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| MOUTH | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| MULTIPLE BODY PARTS (INCLUDING BODY SYSTEMS & BODY PARTS) | 86 | 81 | 82 |
| MULTIPLE HEAD INJURY | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| MULTIPLE LOWER EXTREMITIES | 5 | 10 | 8 |
| MULTIPLE NECK INJURY | 7 | 4 | 7 |
| MULTIPLE TRUNK | 16 | 13 | 10 |
| MULTIPLE UPPER EXTREMITIES | 23 | 24 | 25 |
| NOSE | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| OTHER FACIAL SOFT TISSUE | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| PELVIS | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| SACRUM AND COCCYX | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| SHOULDER(S) | 43 | 41 | 34 |
| SKULL | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| SOFT TISSUE | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| TEETH | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| THIGH | 2 | 8 | 4 |
| THUMB | 10 | 9 | 13 |
| TOE(S) | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| UPPER ARM (INCLUDING CLAVICLE AND SCAPULA) | 9 | 23 | 16 |
| UPPER BACK AREA (THORACIC AREA) | 3 | 9 | 5 |
| VERTEBRAE | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| WRIST | 75 | 90 | 61 |
| WRIST(S) & HAND(S) | 3 | 8 | 3 |
| Total | 711 | 744 | 695 |