FY 2003
Top 10 New Nature of Injury by Number of Claims (not including Illnesses)


 

 

 

 

 

Top 10 New Nature of Injury by number of claims (not including Illnesses)

 

 

 

Nature of Injury

Total Claims

Medical Cost

Compensation Cost

New Lost Time Claims

1

Traumatic Injury

2289

$3,095,192

$566,337

1074

2

Sprain/Strain - Not Back

1551

$1,639,580

$400,965

709

3

Back Injury

1207

$973,924

$388,643

737

4

Contusion

1149

$537,252

$79,460

500

5

Laceration

703

$325,815

$41,639

207

6

Fracture

374

$963,028

$200,792

251

7

Foreign Body

247

$44,947

$0

65

8

Insect Bite

143

$76,448

$8,301

50

9

Puncture Wound

124

$25,562

$0

35

10

Burns

96

$102,028

$13,675

49

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Top 10 New Nature of Injury by number of Lost Time claims

 

 

 

 

 

Nature of Injury

New Lost Time Claims

Medical Cost

Compensation Cost

 

1

Traumatic Injury

1074

$2,221,498

$476,739

 

2

Back Injury

737

$782,117

$376,824

 

3

Sprain/Strain - Not Back

709

$993,254

$295,193

 

4

Contusion

500

$320,939

$43,523

 

5

Fracture

251

$921,703

$200,598

 

6

Laceration

207

$156,994

$17,967

 

7

Foreign Body

65

$15,089

$0

 

8

Insect Bite

50

$67,213

$8,301

 

9

Burns

49

$95,023

$13,675

 

10

Dislocation

38

$85,795

$13,684

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Top 10 New Nature of Injury by number of claims including ergo illnesses

 

 

 

 

Nature of Injury

Total Claims

Medical Cost

Compensation Cost

 

1

Traumatic Injury

2289

$3,095,192

$566,337

 

2

Sprain/Strain - Not Back

1552

$1,639,580

$400,965

 

3

Back Injury

1257

$1,035,204

$484,087

 

4

Contusion

1149

$537,252

$79,460

 

5

Laceration

703

$325,815

$41,639

 

6

Fracture

374

$963,028

$200,792

 

7

Musculoskeletal Disorder

337

$305,981

$194,287

 

8

Foreign Body

247

$44,947

$0

 

9

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

214

$266,974

$96,009

 

10

Insect Bite

143

$76,448

$8,301

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Top 10 FY 2003 New Nature of Injury with Cause

 

 

 

 

 

Nature of Injury

Cause of Injury

Claims

Total Cost

 

1

Traumatic Injury

Unclassified

769

$1,020,013

 

 

 

Falls

498

$423,557

 

 

 

Handling equipment

297

$407,583

 

 

 

Other traumatic injury

211

$170,551

 

 

 

Slips/twists without falling

151

$243,691

 

 

 

Material handling

149

$207,770

 

 

 

Falling objects

72

$152,963

 

 

 

Exposure to hazardous materials

62

$37,060

 

 

 

Motor vehicle accidents

62

$995,341

 

 

 

Exposure to physical hazards

18

$3,000

 

2

Sprain/Strain - Not Back

Falls

343

$294,130

 

 

 

Handling equipment

341

$549,618

 

 

 

Slips/twists without falling

300

$456,316

 

 

 

Unclassified

247

$297,672

 

 

 

Material handling

203

$294,415

 

 

 

Other traumatic injury

49

$93,066

 

 

 

Motor vehicle accidents

48

$25,571

 

 

 

Falling objects

15

$27,857

 

 

 

Exposure to hazardous materials

5

$1,901

 

3

Back Injury

Handling equipment

357

$463,339

 

 

 

Material handling

299

$264,337

 

 

 

Unclassified

265

$372,547

 

 

 

Falls

130

$98,851

 

 

 

Slips/twists without falling

89

$75,865

 

 

 

Motor vehicle accidents

33

$26,030

 

 

 

Other traumatic injury

20

$16,466

 

 

 

Falling objects

11

$34,410

 

 

 

Exposure to hazardous materials

2

$9,370

 

 

 

Exposure to physical hazards

1

$1,352

 

4

Contusion

Falls

454

$312,722

 

 

 

Other traumatic injury

218

$94,250

 

 

 

Unclassified

159

$100,647

 

 

 

Handling equipment

104

$28,321

 

 

 

Falling objects

73

$12,504

 

 

 

Material handling

53

$15,418

 

 

 

Motor vehicle accidents

40

$20,282

 

 

 

Slips/twists without falling

40

$30,696

 

 

 

Exposure to hazardous materials

5

$1,344

 

 

 

Exposure to physical hazards

3

$528

 

5

Laceration

Other traumatic injury

241

$92,994

 

 

 

Handling equipment

133

$54,412

 

 

 

Unclassified

129

$62,458

 

 

 

Material handling

69

$20,041

 

 

 

Falls

68

$87,510

 

 

 

Falling objects

35

$39,439

 

 

 

Slips/twists without falling

19

$5,799

 

 

 

Motor vehicle accidents

8

$4,757

 

 

 

Exposure to hazardous materials

1

$45

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6

Fracture

Falls

167

$806,702

 

 

 

Unclassified

61

$100,500

 

 

 

Other traumatic injury

40

$30,104

 

 

 

Handling equipment

33

$77,239

 

 

 

Falling objects

28

$34,149

 

 

 

Slips/twists without falling

27

$66,371

 

 

 

Material handling

16

$48,755

 

 

 

Motor vehicle accidents

2

$0

 

7

Foreign Body

Other traumatic injury

137

$21,487

 

 

 

Exposure to hazardous materials

42

$5,903

 

 

 

Unclassified

36

$5,006

 

 

 

Handling equipment

16

$3,409

 

 

 

Material handling

8

$1,711

 

 

 

Falling objects

5

$558

 

 

 

Falls

2

$6,730

 

 

 

Exposure to physical hazards

1

$144

 

8

Insect Bite

Other traumatic injury

138

$70,933

 

 

 

Handling equipment

2

$0

 

 

 

Material handling

2

$372

 

 

 

Unclassified

1

$13,444

 

9

Puncture Wound

Other traumatic injury

59

$15,682

 

 

 

Unclassified

29

$2,942

 

 

 

Handling equipment

17

$2,929

 

 

 

Material handling

13

$3,032

 

 

 

Falls

4

$977

 

 

 

Falling objects

1

$0

 

 

 

Slips/twists without falling

1

$0

 

10

Burns

Unclassified

25

$1,460

 

 

 

Exposure to physical hazards

18

$101,510

 

 

 

Handling equipment

17

$3,036

 

 

 

Exposure to hazardous materials

15

$2,713

 

 

 

Other traumatic injury

6

$531

 

 

 

Material handling

5

$363

 

 

 

Falling objects

4

$1,621

 

 

 

Falls

3

$4,283

 

 

 

Slips/twists without falling

3

$185