Text analysis of student-related workers’ compensation claims: student interactions and associated injury severity
| Student interaction | Lost-time student-related claims | Medical-only student-related claims | Interaction type resulting in lost-time claims (%) | Total student-related claims* | Total student-related claims (%) |
| Acting out | 64 | 985 | 6.1 | 1049 | 45.4 |
| Break up fight | 5 | 72 | 6.5 | 77 | 3.3 |
| Hold/restrain/escort | 33 | 315 | 9.5 | 348 | 15.1 |
| Incidental | 29 | 351 | 7.6 | 380 | 16.5 |
| Daily life/transfer | 34 | 236 | 12.6 | 270 | 11.7 |
| Play | 33 | 153 | 17.7 | 186 | 8.1 |
| Total | 198 | 2112 | 8.6 | 2310 | 100 |
*All student-related injuries in the data set were examined, including an additional 202 not in the rate and multivariate analysis because they could not be linked to the underlying employee population data.
†Text was manually coded; injuries were assigned to one of six unique categories based on district feedback, frequency and detail in the data set, and ease in determination of both major underlying factor and prevention opportunities.