Table III.

Main Causes of Firefighter Injury, 2005–2013

Cause category	Total	Female	Male
Strain or injury by	638 (26.91%)	86 (30.82%)	552 (26.39%)
Fall, slip, or trip injury	409 (17.25%)	50 (17.92%)	359 (17.16%)
Burn or scald‐heat or cold exposure	384 (16.20%)	9 (3.23%)	375 (17.93%)
Struck or injured by	325 (13.71%)	59 (21.15%)	266 (12.72%)
Miscellaneous causes	281 (11.85%)	35 (12.54%)	246 (11.76%)
Cut, puncture, scrape injured by	104 (4.39%)	5 (1.79%)	99 (4.73%)
Motor vehicle	101 (4.26%)	16 (5.73%)	85 (4.06%)
Caught in, under, or between	71 (2.99%)	12 (4.30%)	59 (2.82%)
Striking against or stepping on	58 (2.45%)	7 (2.51%)	51 (2.44%)
Total	2,371 (100.00%)	279 (100.00%)	2,092 (100.00%)