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.
Complete Data
| Nature of Injury | 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 |