Table 4. Types of injuries in firefighters during past 12 months.
| Types of injuries | Total firefighters (n = 19,119) | Fire suppression (n = 10,127) | Emergency medical service (n = 4,850) | Officer (n = 4,142) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No.* | %† | %‡ | No.* | %† | %‡ | No.* | %† | %‡ | No.* | %† | %‡ | |
| Fracture | 368 | 9.0 | 1.9 | 215 | 9.9 | 2.1 | 106 | 7.4 | 2.2 | 47 | 9.9 | 1.1 |
| Wound, cut, bleeding, bruise | 1,728 | 42.3 | 9.0 | 904 | 41.6 | 8.9 | 646 | 44.9 | 13.3 | 178 | 37.5 | 4.3 |
| Strain, sprain, muscular pain | 876 | 21.4 | 4.6 | 464 | 21.4 | 4.6 | 306 | 21.3 | 6.3 | 106 | 22.3 | 2.6 |
| Burns (heat or chemical) | 77 | 1.9 | 0.4 | 50 | 2.3 | 0.5 | 19 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 8 | 1.7 | 0.2 |
| Internal organ damage (heat attack, smoke or gas inhalation, other respiratory distress etc.) | 616 | 15.1 | 3.2 | 347 | 16.0 | 3.4 | 198 | 13.8 | 4.1 | 71 | 14.9 | 1.7 |
| Others | 422 | 10.3 | 2.2 | 193 | 8.9 | 1.9 | 164 | 11.4 | 3.4 | 65 | 13.7 | 1.6 |
| Total | 4,087 | 100.0 | 21.4 | 2,173 | 100.0 | 21.5 | 1,439 | 29.7 | 29.7 | 475 | 100.0 | 11.5 |
*All natures of multiple injuries were counted for number and percent of prevalence; †proportion of injuries; ‡proportion of workers.