Distribution of injury type and mechanism by job operation, 2004–9
| Physical exercise n=297 | Patient transport n=152 | Training drills n=100 | Fireground operations n=92 | Other* n=255 | Total N=902 | |
| Injury type | ||||||
| Sprain/strain | 253 (85.2) | 116 (76.3) | 68 (68.0) | 37 (40.2) | 131 (50.2) | 605 (67.1) |
| Contusion/laceration | 23 (7.7) | 26 (17.1) | 20 (20.0) | 24 (26.1) | 75 (28.7) | 168 (18.6) |
| Fracture/dislocation | 14 (4.7) | 1 (0.7) | 2 (2.0) | 2 (2.2) | 11 (4.2) | 30 (3.3) |
| Burn | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 7 (7.0) | 14 (15.2) | 5 (1.9) | 26 (2.9) |
| Medical† | 5 (1.7) | 2 (1.3) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 17 (6.5) | 24 (2.7) |
| Puncture | 1 (0.3) | 5 (3.3) | 1 (1.0) | 5 (5.4) | 12 (4.6) | 24 (2.7) |
| Eye, not further specified | 1 (0.3) | 0 (0) | 2 (2.0) | 4 (4.4) | 10 (3.8) | 17 (1.9) |
| Inhalation | 0 (0) | 2 (1.3) | 0 (0) | 4 (4.4) | 0 (0) | 6 (0.7) |
| Electrical injury | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 2 (2.2) | 0 (0) | 2 (0.2) |
| Mechanism of injury | ||||||
| Acute overexertion | 243 (81.8) | 103 (67.8) | 40 (40.0) | 24 (26.1) | 69 (26.4) | 479 (53.1) |
| Cutting, piercing | 7 (2.4) | 20 (13.2) | 5 (5.0) | 16 (17.3) | 40 (15.3) | 88 (9.8) |
| Struck by/caught between | 18 (6.1) | 10 (6.6) | 10 (10.0) | 6 (6.5) | 31 (11.9) | 75 (8.3) |
| Fall | 8 (2.7) | 4 (2.6) | 5 (5.0) | 12 (13.0) | 14 (5.4) | 43 (4.8) |
| Thermal effect | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 6 (6.0) | 14 (15.2) | 3 (1.2) | 23 (2.6) |
| Transportation-relate | 0 (0) | 1 (0.7) | 2 (2.0) | 0 (0) | 17 (6.5) | 20 (2.2) |
| Foreign body in orifice | 1 (0.3) | 1 (0.7) | 1 (1.0) | 6 (6.5) | 9 (3.6) | 18 (2.0) |
| Electrical, radiation or other | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 2 (2.2) | 11 (4.2) | 13 (1.4) |
| Chemical effect | 0 (0) | 2 (1.3) | 1 (1.0) | 3 (3.3) | 3 (1.2) | 9 (1.0) |
| Mechanism of injury, unspecified | 20 (6.7) | 8 (5.3) | 29 (29.0) | 5 (5.4) | 42 (16.1) | 104 (11.5) |
| Missing | 0 (0) | 3 (2.0) | 1 (1.0) | 4 (4.4) | 22 (8.4) | 30 (3.3) |