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. 2006 Apr;40(4):304–312. doi: 10.1136/bjsm.2005.021477

Table 5 Incidence of injury, illness, and all incidents as a function of crew position.

Crew position Number Injury Illness All incidents
Sailing Training All
Grinder 12 33 (3.1) 33 (11.2) 101 (7.7) 51 (3.9) 152 (11.5)
Pitman 3 5 (2.0) 9 (12.2) 24 (7.3) 10 (3.0) 34 (10.3)
Utility 4 5 (1.5) 12 (12.2) 28 (6.4) 16 (3.6) 44 (10.0)
Bowman 4 11 (3.2) 1 (1.0) 22 (5.0) 11 (2.5) 33 (7.5)
Navigator 2 1 (0.6) 4 (8.1) 6 (2.7) 8 (3.6) 14 (6.4)
Trimmer 7 10 (1.7) 13 (7.6) 33 (4.3) 19 (2.5) 52 (6.8)
Helmsman 3 1 (0.4) 2 (2.7) 6 (1.8) 4 (1.2) 10 (3.0)
All 35 66 (2.2) 74 (8.6) 220 (5.7) 119 (3.1) 339 (8.8)

Values are number with incidence/1000 hours in parentheses.