Traumatic injuries among Alaska’s young workers: Linking cases from four data systems

Evoy, Richard; Syron, Laura; Case, Samantha; Lucas, Devin

doi:10.1186/s12889-022-14676-7

BMC Public Health

Table 4 Traumatic Injury counts by occupation^a and event/exposure (2-digit level)

From: Traumatic injuries among Alaska’s young workers: Linking cases from four data systems

Causes of traumatic injuries	Production	Food Preparation and Serving Related	Transportation, Material Moving	Sales and Related	Construction, Extraction	Healthcare Support	Office and Administrative Support	Building, Grounds Cleaning, Maintenance	Personal Care and Service	Farming, Fishing, and Forestry	Installation, Maintenance, and Repair	Protective Service
	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n	n
	*col %*	*col %*	*col %*	*col %*	*col %*	*col %*	*col %*	*col %*	*col %*	*col %*	*col %*	*col %*
Struck by object or equipment	320	352	238	211	205	88	112	99	56	23	103	35
Struck by object or equipment	24	29	21	22	29	15	19	19	11	5	25	9
Overexertion involving outside sources	265	119	188	115	127	110	95	80	62	14	59	47
Overexertion involving outside sources	20	10	17	12	18	18	17	15	13	3	14	11
Struck against object or equipment	191	119	92	110	69	27	56	60	33	11	58	19
Struck against object or equipment	14	10	8	12	10	4	10	11	7	2	14	5
Falls on same level	84	83	91	64	44	19	63	37	67	7	24	23
Falls on same level	6	7	8	7	6	3	11	7	14	2	6	6
Exposure to other harmful substances	45	63	38	37	27	154	15	50	19	27	11	57
Exposure to other harmful substances	3	5	3	4	4	26	3	9	4	6	3	14
Other exertions or bodily reactions	43	38	76	115	22	16	40	30	25	7	17	20
Other exertions or bodily reactions	3	3	7	12	3	3	7	6	5	2	4	5
Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified	52	83	57	60	47	14	28	18	14	11	20	19
Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified	4	7	5	6	7	2	5	3	3	2	5	5
Intentional Injury by person	9	25	66	33	1	54	31	21	39	0	6	36
Intentional Injury by person	< 1	2	6	3	< 1	9	5	4	8	0	1	9
Water vehicle incident	21	2	7	2	1	0	1	0	9	325	2	1
Water vehicle incident	2	< 1	< 1	< 1	< 1	0	< 1	0	2	72	< 1	< 1
Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects	106	46	52	26	30	5	19	12	1	3	20	9
Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects	8	4	5	3	4	< 1	3	2	< 1	< 1	5	2
Falls to lower level	39	30	35	23	37	27	11	36	25	3	17	27
Falls to lower level	3	2	3	2	5	4	2	7	5	< 1	4	7
Exposure to temperature extremes	41	137	19	33	15	6	11	4	6	1	7	7
Exposure to temperature extremes	3	11	2	3	2	1	2	< 1	1	< 1	2	2
Animal or insect	34	3	19	20	4	13	10	5	49	3	19	4
Animal or insect	2	< 1	2	2	< 1	2	2	1	10	< 1	5	1
Slip or trip without fall	22	15	34	36	10	7	22	14	10	4	5	17
Slip or trip without fall	2	1	3	4	1	1	4	3	2	< 1	1	4
Injury by person–unintentional or unknown	5	7	18	11	3	25	15	6	18	1	4	27
Injury by person–unintentional or unknown	< 1	< 1	2	1	< 1	4	3	1	4	< 1	1	7
Roadway incidents involving motorized land vehicles	5	13	32	6	4	1	10	13	27	1	4	7
Roadway incidents involving motorized land vehicles	< 1	1	3	< 1	< 1	< 1	2	2	5	< 1	1	2
Rubbed or abraded by friction or pressure	21	27	14	9	30	5	7	2	2	5	14	8
Rubbed or abraded by friction or pressure	2	2	1	1	4	< 1	1	< 1	< 1	1	3	2
Other Transportation	9	2	21	8	7	1	11	23	14	3	3	4
Other Transportation	< 1	< 1	2	< 1	1	< 1	2	4	3	< 1	< 1	1
Other fall, slip, trip	15	8	12	7	2	4	9	5	9	0	5	7
Other fall, slip, trip	1	< 1	1	< 1	< 1	< 1	2	1	2	0	1	2
Other overexertion and bodily reaction	14	4	11	8	1	7	5	6	1	2	2	11
Other overexertion and bodily reaction	1	< 1	1	< 1	< 1	1	< 1	1	< 1	< 1	< 1	3
Fires or Explosions	3	11	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	10	19
Fires or Explosions	< 1	< 1	< 1	0	< 1	0	0	0	0	0	2	5
Other contact with objects and equipment	0	3	2	2	3	17	2	2	3	1	2	1
Other contact with objects and equipment	0	< 1	< 1	< 1	< 1	3	< 1	< 1	< 1	< 1	< 1	< 1
Other exposures to harmful substances or environment	7	4	6	5	13	0	1	3	1	0	3	2
Other exposures to harmful substances or environment	< 1	< 1	< 1	< 1	2	0	< 1	< 1	< 1	0	< 1	< 1
Total	1,351	1,194	1,131	941	704	600	574	526	490	451	415	408
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

Causes of traumatic injuries	Educational Instruction and Library	Healthcare Practitioners, Technical	Business and Financial Operations	Management	Life, Physical, and 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 %*
Struck by object or equipment	73	33	22	16	14	15	2	2	7	1	0	2,027
Struck by object or equipment	24	13	19	16	18	20	4	6	25	14	0	21
Overexertion involving outside sources	16	23	26	12	13	9	2	0	2	1	0	1,385
Overexertion involving outside sources	5	9	23	12	16	12	4	0	7	14	0	14
Struck against object or equipment	11	11	8	10	4	7	5	0	2	2	0	905
Struck against object or equipment	4	4	7	10	5	10	9	0	7	29	0	9
Falls on same level	53	18	10	11	6	9	9	1	3	2	0	728
Falls on same level	18	7	9	11	8	12	16	3	11	29	0	7
Exposure to other harmful substances	1	61	8	4	9	5	2	1	2	0	0	636
Exposure to other harmful substances	< 1	24	7	4	11	7	4	3	7	0	0	6
Other exertions or bodily reactions	11	9	6	14	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	497
Other exertions or bodily reactions	4	3	5	14	8	3	0	0	0	0	0	5
Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified	16	10	10	2	2	2	1	0	0	1	1	468
Contact with objects and equipment, unspecified	5	4	9	2	2	3	2	0	0	14	100	5
Intentional Injury by person	74	23	0	3	3	2	7	6	0	0	0	439
Intentional Injury by person	25	9	0	3	4	3	13	19	0	0	0	4
Water vehicle incident	1	0	0	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	378
Water vehicle incident	< 1	0	0	1	1	0	7	0	0	0	0	4
Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects	1	5	3	5	1	3	3	2	4	0	0	356
Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects	< 1	2	3	5	1	4	5	6	14	0	0	4
Falls to lower level	8	6	4	5	2	1	0	2	3	0	0	341
Falls to lower level	3	2	3	5	2	1	0	6	11	0	0	3
Exposure to temperature extremes	0	2	6	5	3	11	1	0	0	0	0	315
Exposure to temperature extremes	0	< 1	5	5	4	15	2	0	0	0	0	3
Animal or insect	3	18	3	2	6	0	1	1	0	0	0	217
Animal or insect	1	7	3	2	8	0	2	3	0	0	0	2
Slip or trip without fall	2	2	3	2	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	209
Slip or trip without fall	< 1	< 1	3	2	0	1	5	0	0	0	0	2
Injury by person–unintentional or unknown	22	14	3	3	0	3	5	3	0	0	0	193
Injury by person–unintentional or unknown	7	5	3	3	0	4	9	10	0	0	0	2
Roadway incidents involving motorized land vehicles	7	2	1	3	1	2	4	2	2	0	0	147
Roadway incidents involving motorized land vehicles	2	< 1	< 1	3	1	3	7	6	7	0	0	1
Rubbed or abraded by friction or pressure	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	147
Rubbed or abraded by friction or pressure	0	< 1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Other Transportation	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	8	0	0	0	116
Other Transportation	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	26	0	0	0	1
Other fall, slip, trip	1	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	90
Other fall, slip, trip	< 1	< 1	0	1	0	0	4	0	4	0	0	< 1
Other overexertion and bodily reaction	0	0	0	1	2	0	2	0	2	0	0	79
Other overexertion and bodily reaction	0	0	0	1	2	0	4	0	7	0	0	< 1
Fires or Explosions	0	1	0	1	4	0	0	3	0	0	0	57
Fires or Explosions	0	< 1	0	1	5	0	0	10	0	0	0	< 1
Other contact with objects and equipment	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	52
Other contact with objects and equipment	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	< 1
Other exposures to harmful substances or environment	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	46
Other exposures to harmful substances or environment	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	< 1
Total	300	255	113	101	79	73	55	31	28	7	1	9,828
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

^aStandard Occupational Classification (SOC), 2-digit level

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