Table 5 Type of injury for notifiable occupational accidents and accidents en route to/from work among physiotherapists, summarised for the years 2007 to 2011, BGW data
Type of injury | Type of accident | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Occupational accident | Accident en route to/from work | |||
Not specified | Number | 4,414 | 3,200 | 7,614 |
% | 69.6% | 66.8% | 68.4% | |
Closed, fully reversible injury | Number | 178 | 134 | 312 |
% | 2.8% | 2.8% | 2.8% | |
Closed, bloody injuries with lasting damage to substance | Number | 41 | 44 | 85 |
% | 0.6% | 0.9% | 0.8% | |
Torsion, sprain | Number | 289 | 329 | 618 |
% | 4.6% | 6.9% | 5.6% | |
Dislocation | Number | 41 | 30 | 71 |
% | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.6% | |
Laceration, cuts | Number | 461 | 176 | 637 |
% | 7.3% | 3.7% | 5.7% | |
Closed fracture | Number | 807 | 778 | 1,585 |
% | 12.7% | 16.2% | 14.2% | |
Open fracture | Number | 55 | 50 | 105 |
% | 0.9% | 1.0% | 0.9% | |
Burning, scalding, chemical burn, radioactive contamination, hypothermia, frostbite, electrical effects | Number | 24 | 0 | 24 |
% | 0.4% | 0.0% | 0.2% | |
Other injuries | Number | 34 | 41 | 75 |
% | 0.5% | 0.9% | 0.7% | |
Type of injury unknown or unclassifiable | Number | 2 | 6 | 8 |
% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |
Total | Number | 6,346 | 4,788 | 11,134 |
% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | |