Table 3 Traumatic injury counts by occupationa and nature of Injury (2-digit level)
From: Traumatic injuries among Alaska’s young workers: Linking cases from four data systems
Types of traumatic injuries | Production | Food Preparation and Serving Related | Transportation, Material Moving | Sales and Related | Construction, Extraction | Healthcare Support | Office, Admin Support | Building, Grounds Cleaning. Maintenance | Personal Care and Service | Farming, Fishing, and Forestry | Protective Service | Installation, Maintenance, Repair |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | n | n | n | n | n | n | n | n | n | n | n | |
col % | col % | col % | col % | col % | col % | col % | col % | col % | col % | col % | col % | |
Sprains, strains, tears | 429 | 218 | 412 | 321 | 204 | 172 | 217 | 194 | 167 | 151 | 150 | 111 |
31 | 18 | 35 | 33 | 28 | 27 | 37 | 35 | 33 | 32 | 32 | 26 | |
Cuts, lacerations | 219 | 404 | 183 | 178 | 149 | 99 | 114 | 76 | 63 | 83 | 55 | 117 |
16 | 33 | 16 | 18 | 20 | 16 | 19 | 14 | 12 | 18 | 12 | 27 | |
Bruises, contusions | 286 | 150 | 197 | 181 | 97 | 77 | 85 | 88 | 91 | 53 | 49 | 64 |
21 | 12 | 17 | 18 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 11 | 10 | 15 | |
Nonspecified injuries and disorders | 160 | 116 | 133 | 124 | 89 | 55 | 71 | 68 | 39 | 45 | 85 | 47 |
11 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 11 | |
Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds | 59 | 22 | 48 | 34 | 33 | 151 | 22 | 37 | 53 | 20 | 15 | 20 |
4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 5 | |
Fractures | 66 | 34 | 47 | 18 | 44 | 7 | 19 | 20 | 24 | 43 | 6 | 15 |
5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 3 | |
Heat (thermal) burns | 33 | 136 | 18 | 32 | 14 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 10 |
2 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 2 | < 1 | 2 | < 1 | 1 | < 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Abrasions, scratches | 13 | 30 | 31 | 16 | 29 | 22 | 16 | 12 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 16 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
Other traumatic injuries | 34 | 21 | 24 | 13 | 25 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 8 |
2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | < 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | |
Other poisoning, toxic, noxious, or allergenic effects | 25 | 23 | 13 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 49 | 6 |
2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | < 1 | < 1 | 2 | < 1 | 2 | 10 | 1 | |
Concussions | 12 | 10 | 19 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 5 |
< 1 | < 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | < 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |
Dermatitis and reactions affecting the skin–acute | 17 | 22 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 14 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 2 |
1 | 2 | < 1 | < 1 | 1 | 2 | < 1 | 2 | < 1 | < 1 | 2 | < 1 | |
Chemical burns and corrosions | 5 | 16 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 5 |
< 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | < 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | < 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
Dislocations | 15 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 4 |
1 | < 1 | < 1 | < 1 | < 1 | < 1 | < 1 | < 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | < 1 | |
Traumatic hernias | 11 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
< 1 | < 1 | < 1 | < 1 | < 1 | < 1 | 0 | < 1 | < 1 | < 1 | < 1 | < 1 | |
Amputations, avulsions, enucleations | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 3 |
< 1 | < 1 | < 1 | < 1 | < 1 | < 1 | < 1 | < 1 | < 1 | 1 | < 1 | < 1 | |
Total | 1,391 | 1,225 | 1,166 | 983 | 734 | 626 | 591 | 558 | 509 | 472 | 473 | 434 |
100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
Types of traumatic injuries | Educational Instruction and Library | Healthcare Practitioners, Technical | Business, Financial Operations | Management | Life, Physical, Social Science | Arts, Design, Entertain, Sports, Media | Community and Social Services | Military Specific Occupations | Architecture and Engineering | Computer and Mathematical | Legal | Total with known occupation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | n | n | n | n | n | n | n | n | n | n | n | |
col % | col % | col % | col % | col % | col % | col % | col % | col % | col % | col % | col % | |
Sprains, strains, tears | 64 | 63 | 38 | 37 | 27 | 20 | 21 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3,024 |
21 | 23 | 33 | 36 | 32 | 26 | 37 | 3 | 17 | 25 | 0 | 29 | |
Cuts, lacerations | 82 | 43 | 15 | 20 | 14 | 19 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1,955 |
27 | 16 | 13 | 19 | 17 | 25 | 3 | 19 | 33 | 37 | 100 | 19 | |
Bruises, contusions | 70 | 21 | 24 | 17 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1,592 |
23 | 8 | 21 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 19 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 15 | |
Nonspecified injuries and disorders | 35 | 38 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1,147 |
11 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 13 | 37 | 0 | 11 | |
Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds | 12 | 71 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 614 |
4 | 26 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
Fractures | 8 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 375 |
3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
Heat (thermal) burns | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 307 |
0 | < 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
Abrasions, scratches | 14 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 245 |
5 | 2 | < 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
Other traumatic injuries | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 228 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
Other poisoning, toxic, noxious, or allergenic effects | 0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 193 |
0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
Concussions | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 147 |
3 | 1 | < 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Dermatitis and reactions affecting the skin–acute | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 122 |
0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Chemical burns and corrosions | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 120 |
< 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Dislocations | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 91 |
1 | < 1 | < 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | < 1 | |
Traumatic hernias | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 |
0 | 0 | < 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | < 1 | |
Amputations, avulsions, enucleations | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 |
1 | < 1 | < 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | < 1 | |
Total | 307 | 276 | 116 | 103 | 83 | 76 | 57 | 31 | 30 | 8 | 1 | 10,250 |
100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |