Distribution of injury type by descriptive variables, 2004–9
| Injury Type, N (%) | |||||||
| Burn (n=26) | Contusion, laceration (n=168) | Fracture, dislocation (n=30) | Puncture (n=24) | Sprain, strain (n=605) | Other* (n=49) | Total (N=902) | |
| Body region | |||||||
| Lower extremity | 5 (19.2) | 36 (21.4) | 12 (40.0) | 6 (25.0) | 270 (44.6) | 5 (10.2) | 334 (37.3) |
| Upper extremity | 14 (53.8) | 72 (42.9) | 9 (30.0) | 13 (54.2) | 97 (16.0) | 4 (8.2) | 209 (23.2) |
| Back/spine† | 0 (0) | 3 (1.8) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 195 (32.2) | 0 (0) | 198 (22.0) |
| Head/face/neck | 6 (23.1) | 40 (23.8) | 8 (26.7) | 4 (16.7) | 11 (1.8) | 32 (65.3) | 101 (11.2) |
| Torso | 0 (0) | 14 (8.3) | 1 (3.3) | 1 (4.1) | 16 (2.6) | 4 (8.2) | 36 (4.0) |
| Other‡ | 1 (3.9) | 3 (1.8) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 13 (2.2) | 4 (8.2) | 21 (2.3) |
| Missing | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 3 (0.5) | 0 (0) | 3 (0.3) |
| Lost time | |||||||
| No | 21 (80.8) | 132 (78.6) | 17 (56.7) | 22 (91.7) | 395 (65.3) | 44 (89.8) | 631 (70.0) |
| Yes | 5 (19.2) | 36 (21.4) | 13 (43.3) | 2 (8.3) | 210 (34.7) | 5 (10.2) | 271 (30.0) |
| AIS | |||||||
| Minor | 26 (100) | 168 (100) | 9 (30.0) | 23 (95.8) | 605 (100) | 31 (63.3) | 862 (95.6) |
| Moderate | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 21 (70) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 8 (16.3) | 29 (3.2) |
| Missing | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (4.17) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 11 (1.2) |
| Rank | |||||||
| Firefighter | 16 (61.5) | 65 (38.7) | 15 (50.0) | 7 (29.1) | 155 (25.6) | 19 (38.8) | 277 (30.7) |
| Paramedic | 3 (11.5) | 35 (20.8) | 4 (13.3) | 6 (25.0) | 134 (22.2) | 8 (16.3) | 190 (21.1) |
| Captain | 0 (0) | 21 (12.5) | 3 (10.0) | 4 (16.7) | 101 (16.7) | 13 (26.5) | 142 (15.7) |
| Recruit | 5 (19.2) | 11 (6.5) | 5 (16.7) | 1 (4.2) | 109 (18.0) | 3 (6.1) | 134 (14.9) |
| Engineer | 2 (7.7) | 26 (15.5) | 2 (6.7) | 6 (25.0) | 80 (13.2) | 5 (10.2) | 121 (13.4) |
| Inspector | 0 (0) | 5 (3.0) | 1 (3.3) | 0 (0) | 17 (2.8) | 0 (0) | 23 (2.6) |
| Chief§ | 0 (0) | 5 (3.0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 9 (1.5) | 1 (2.0) | 15 (1.7) |
| Job operation | |||||||
| Patient transport | 0 (0) | 26 (15.5) | 1 (3.3) | 5 (20.8) | 116 (19.2) | 4 (8.2) | 152 (16.9) |
| Fireground | 14 (53.9) | 24 (14.3) | 2 (6.7) | 5 (20.8) | 37 (6.1) | 10 (20.4) | 92 (10.2) |
| Physical exercise | 0 (0) | 23 (13.7) | 14 (14.7) | 1 (4.2) | 253 (41.8) | 6 (12.2) | 297 (32.9) |
| Training and drilling | 7 (26.9) | 20 (11.9) | 2 (6.7) | 1 (4.2) | 68 (11.2) | 2 (4.1) | 100 (11.1) |
| Other¶ | 5 (19.2) | 75 (44.6) | 11 (36.7) | 12 (50.0) | 131 (21.7) | 27 (55.1) | 261 (28.9) |
↵* Includes electrical, eye, inhalation and non-descriptive ‘medical’ injuries.
↵† Assumed to be primarily lower back or lumbar region.
↵‡ External and multiple injuries, as classified by the abbreviated injury scale (AIS).
↵§ Combination of battalion, deputy, assistant and fire chiefs.
↵¶ May include technical rescues, motor vehicle crash, cleaning, maintenance, travel to/from work, etc.