Research
and Statistics
Nature of Injury - 2001
Claims
Strains continue to be
the number 1 nature of injury (21,504) with all other ? specific
injuries (not otherwise classified) (4,721), fracture (3,081) and
contusion (2,957) being the next most frequent natures of injury. The lost
wage compensation for strains amounted to over $93 million. Cancer had the
highest indemnity cost per claim at nearly $93,000.
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2001 |
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NATURE
OF INJURY |
|
LOST
WAGE |
|
|
CLAIMS |
COMPENSATION |
|
ALL
OTHER - SPECIFIC INJURIES (NOT OTHERWISE CLAS |
4,721 |
$30,674,526 |
|
ALL
OTHER CUMULATIVE INJURIES (NOT OTHERWISE CLASS |
1,037 |
$8,837,975 |
|
ALL
OTHER OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE |
40 |
$154,864 |
|
AMPUTATION |
353 |
$3,356,951 |
|
ANGINA
PECTORIS (CONDITION ASSOCIATED WITH HEART) |
3 |
$3,370 |
|
ASBESTOSIS |
19 |
$1,163,593 |
|
ASPHYXIATION |
7 |
$398,029 |
|
BURN |
643 |
$2,120,555 |
|
BYSSINOSIS |
1 |
$464 |
|
CANCER |
3 |
$278,201 |
|
CARPAL
TUNNEL SYNDROME |
1,466 |
$5,731,812 |
|
COLD
OBJECTS OR SUBSTANCES |
2 |
$2,252 |
|
CONCUSSION |
110 |
$354,911 |
|
CONTAGIOUS
DISEASE |
10 |
$10,027 |
|
CONTUSION |
2,957 |
$9,309,516 |
|
CRUSHING |
487 |
$1,997,692 |
|
DERMATITIS |
93 |
$638,714 |
|
DISLOCATION |
269 |
$2,443,484 |
|
DUST
DISEASE NOC (ALL OTHER PNEUMOCONIOSIS) |
6 |
$60,449 |
|
ELECTRIC
SHOCK |
27 |
$438,113 |
|
ENUCLEATION
(TO REMOVE, EX. TUMOR, EYE, ETC.) |
2 |
$7,137 |
|
FOREIGN
BODY |
152 |
$233,748 |
|
FRACTURE |
3,081 |
$18,361,445 |
|
FREEZING |
7 |
$5,953 |
|
HEARING
LOSS (TRAUMATIC ONLY) |
74 |
$354,336 |
|
HEAT
PROSTRATION |
29 |
$7,809 |
|
HERNIA |
1,179 |
$2,270,330 |
|
INFECTION |
117 |
$164,027 |
|
INFLAMMATION |
734 |
$2,426,618 |
|
LACERATION |
2,394 |
$5,749,250 |
|
LOSS
OF HEARING |
696 |
$5,727,122 |
|
MENTAL
DISORDER |
5 |
$311,531 |
|
MENTAL
STRESS |
52 |
$673,786 |
|
MULTIPLE
INJURIES INCLUDING BOTH PHYSICAL AND PSYC |
43 |
$299,808 |
|
MULTIPLE
INJURIES PHYSICAL ONLY |
1,202 |
$6,268,353 |
|
MYOCARDIAL
INFARCTION (HEART ATTACK) |
9 |
$463,371 |
|
NO
PHYSICAL INJURY |
13 |
$10,604 |
|
POISONING-CHEMICAL
(OTHER THAN METALS) |
13 |
$425,175 |
|
POISONING-GENERAL
(NOT OD OR CUMULATIVE INJURY AND |
27 |
$52,706 |
|
POISONING-METAL |
4 |
$42,036 |
|
PUNCTURE |
335 |
$381,624 |
|
RESPIRATORY
DISORDERS (GASES, FUMES, CHEMICALS, ET |
104 |
$2,029,413 |
|
RUPTURE |
289 |
$3,197,751 |
|
SEVERANCE |
60 |
$324,935 |
|
SILICOSIS |
3 |
$191,249 |
|
SPRAIN |
2,220 |
$6,479,941 |
|
STRAIN |
21,504 |
$93,153,995 |
|
SWOONING,
FAINTING, PASSING OUT, NO OTHER INJURY ( |
19 |
$133,152 |
|
VASCULAR
LOSS |
7 |
$327,264 |
|
VDT-RELATED
DISEASE |
1 |
$6,407 |
|
VISION
LOSS |
4 |
$27,253 |
|
TOTAL |
46,633 |
$218,083,627 |
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