Research
and Statistics
Nature of Injury - 2000
Claims
Strains were the most frequent nature of
injury (n=24,135) with a lost time payment total around $95M. All other
cumulative injuries did not consist of a tremendous number of claims
(1,179), it did average a fair cost per claim (around $7.8K per claim).
NATURE OF INJURY |
CLAIMS |
LOST WAGE
COMPENSATION |
ALL
OTHER - SPECIFIC INJURIES (NOT OTHERWISE CLASSIFIED) |
6,509 |
$38,458,181 |
ALL
OTHER CUMULATIVE INJURIES (NOT OTHERWISE CLASSIFIED) |
1,179 |
$9,231,200 |
ALL
OTHER OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE |
19 |
$151,108 |
AMPUTATION
|
355 |
$2,861,449 |
ANGINA
PECTORIS (CONDITION ASSOCIATED WITH HEART) |
1 |
$513 |
ASBESTOSIS
|
16 |
$884,712 |
ASPHYXIATION
|
9 |
$166,299 |
BURN
|
722 |
$2,121,659 |
CANCER
|
3 |
$161,200 |
CARPAL
TUNNEL SYNDROME |
1,715 |
$6,658,367 |
CONCUSSION
|
115 |
$458,206 |
CONTAGIOUS
DISEASE |
14 |
$6,812 |
CONTUSION
|
3,069 |
$9,714,224 |
CRUSHING
|
553 |
$2,123,051 |
DERMATITIS
|
124 |
$203,505 |
DISLOCATION
|
285 |
$4,071,619 |
DUST
DISEASE NOC (ALL OTHER PNEUMOCONIOSIS) |
5 |
$12,491 |
ELECTRIC
SHOCK |
90 |
$422,234 |
ENUCLEATION
(TO REMOVE, EX. TUMOR, EYE, ETC.) |
4 |
$74,732 |
FOREIGN
BODY |
171 |
$250,153 |
FRACTURE
|
3,354 |
$18,062,479 |
FREEZING
|
10 |
$51,836 |
HEARING
LOSS (TRAUMATIC ONLY) |
33 |
$206,604 |
HEAT
PROSTRATION |
6 |
$18,969 |
HERNIA
|
1,267 |
$2,292,408 |
INFECTION
|
133 |
$122,903 |
INFLAMMATION
|
856 |
$2,680,022 |
LACERATION
|
2,687 |
$7,041,674 |
LOSS
OF HEARING |
725 |
$4,855,750 |
MENTAL
DISORDER |
7 |
$378,722 |
MENTAL
STRESS |
61 |
$444,652 |
MULTIPLE
INJURIES INCLUDING BOTH PHYSICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL |
19 |
$161,618 |
MULTIPLE
INJURIES PHYSICAL ONLY |
1,174 |
$4,011,392 |
MYOCARDIAL
INFARCTION (HEART ATTACK) |
6 |
$9,067 |
NO
PHYSICAL INJURY |
10 |
$11,476 |
POISONING-CHEMICAL
(OTHER THAN METALS) |
19 |
$266,764 |
POISONING-GENERAL
(NOT OD OR CUMULATIVE INJURY AND NOC) |
35 |
$39,836 |
POISONING-METAL
|
1 |
$1,007 |
PUNCTURE
|
373 |
$624,851 |
RESPIRATORY
DISORDERS (GASES, FUMES, CHEMICALS, ETC.) |
130 |
$2,496,277 |
RUPTURE
|
243 |
$2,727,497 |
SEVERANCE
|
65 |
$248,734 |
SILICOSIS
|
3 |
$234,423 |
SPRAIN
|
2,538 |
$6,838,886 |
STRAIN
|
24,135 |
$94,668,319 |
SWOONING,
FAINTING, PASSING OUT, NO OTHER INJURY (SYNCOPE) |
9 |
$12,749 |
VASCULAR
LOSS |
10 |
$42,610 |
VISION
LOSS |
1 |
$388 |
TOTAL |
52,868 |
$226,583,628 |
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