2025 health-care statistics

Occupations

Top three occupations with total injuries Total Percentage
Assisting occupations in support of health services 971 32.54%
Nurse supervisors and registered nurses 580 19.44%
Other technical occupations in health care (except dental) 379 12.70%
Top three occupations with time loss injuries and fatalities Total Percentage
Assisting occupations in support of health services 659 38.00%
Nurse supervisors and registered nurses 248 14.30%
Other technical occupations in health care (except dental) 209 12.05%

Causes

Top five causes of injury Claims total Percentage
Bodily reaction and exertion 1212 40.62%
Contact with objects and equipment 666 22.32%
Falls 451 15.11%
Assaults, violent acts, attacks, harassment 338 11.33%
Exposure to harmful substances or environments 264 8.85%
Top five causes of time loss injuries and fatalities Claims total Percentage
Bodily reaction and exertion 888 51.21%
Falls 298 17.19%
Contact with objects and equipment 218 12.57%
Assaults, violent acts, attacks, harassment 194 11.19%
Exposure to harmful substances or environments 103 5.94%

Body parts

Top three injured body parts Claims total Percentage
Back 573 19.20%
Hand 519 17.39%
Multi 355 11.90%
Top three injured body parts in time loss injuries and fatalities Claims total Percentage
Back 435 25.09%
Multi 238 13.73%
Shoulder 221 12.75%

Most common causes Claim per cent Comment
Bodily reaction and exertion is the most common cause of injury. 39.11% of these injuries are to back. The most common of these injuries are due to other overexertion such as health-care patient or resident of health care facility.
Bodily reaction and exertion is the most common cause of injury. 20.05% of these injuries are to shoulder. The most common of these injuries are due to other overexertion such as health care patient or resident of health care facility.
Bodily reaction and exertion is the most common cause of injury. 13.04% of these injuries are to leg. The most common of these injuries are due to slip, trip, twisting, stepped on or in, loss of balance – without fall such as bodily motion or position of injured, ill worker.
Contact with objects and equipment is the other major cause of injury. 60.96% of these injuries are to hand. The most common of these injuries are due to struck by swinging or slipping object such as needles and syringes.
Contact with objects and equipment is the other major cause of injury. 9.31% of these injuries are to head. The most common of these injuries are due to struck against stationary object such as pipes, ducts, tubing.
Contact with objects and equipment is the other major cause of injury. 9.31% of these injuries are to head. The most common of these injuries are due to struck against stationary object such as medical, surgical and x-ray machinery and equipment.
Contact with objects and equipment is the other major cause of injury. 6.16% of these injuries are to arm. The most common of these injuries are due to struck against stationary object such as doors.

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