Table 6 Site of injury for notifiable occupational accidents and accidents en route to/from work among physiotherapists, summarised for the years 2007 to 2011, BGW data
Site 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% | |
Polytrauma, head | Number | 167 | 164 | 331 |
% | 2.6% | 3.4% | 3.0% | |
Neck, spinal column, arm and leg nerve plexus | Number | 206 | 323 | 529 |
% | 3.2% | 6.7% | 4.8% | |
Chest, shoulder girdle, back, flank, chest organs | Number | 93 | 107 | 200 |
% | 1.5% | 2.2% | 1.8% | |
Abdomen, abdominal organs, pelvis | Number | 21 | 32 | 53 |
% | 0.3% | 0.7% | 0.5% | |
Shoulder, upper arm, elbow | Number | 260 | 179 | 439 |
% | 4.1% | 3.7% | 3.9% | |
Lower arm, wrist, carpus | Number | 286 | 225 | 511 |
% | 4.5% | 4.7% | 4.6% | |
Hand | Number | 175 | 64 | 239 |
% | 2.8% | 1.3% | 2.1% | |
Hip, thigh, patella | Number | 75 | 96 | 171 |
% | 1.2% | 2.0% | 1.5% | |
Knee joint (excluding patella) calf | Number | 345 | 244 | 589 |
% | 5.4% | 5.1% | 5.3% | |
Ankle, foot | Number | 304 | 154 | 458 |
% | 4.8% | 3.2% | 4.1% | |
Total | Number | 6,346 | 4,788 | 11,134 |
% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | |