Table 3.
Alaska on shore seafood processing claims by event/exposure and nature, 2014–2015
| Nature (n=2,768) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event/Exposure (n=2,738) | Sprain, Strain, Tear | Bruise | Laceration, Puncture, Amputation | Pain, Inflamed, Irritated | Other musculo-skeletal injury/ illness† | Fracture | Other* | Unknown | Total | (%) |
| Contact Object/Equip (n=1,020) | 83 | 338 | 307 | 100 | 0 | 65 | 95 | 32 | 1,020 | (37) |
| Struck By | 59 | 221 | 160 | 15 | 0 | 40 | 49 | 18 | 562 | |
| Caught /Compressed | 9 | 43 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 16 | 5 | 150 | |
| Striking Against | 14 | 57 | 48 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 144 | |
| Rubbed/Abraded By | 0 | 0 | 1 | 73 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 90 | |
| Unspecified | 1 | 17 | 38 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 74 | |
| Overexertion, Reaction (n=933) | 639 | 0 | 0 | 92 | 114 | 0 | 79 | 9 | 933 | (34) |
| Lift, Lower, Push, Pull | 457 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 6 | 527 | |
| Repetitive Motions | 47 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 107 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 187 | |
| Reach, Twist, Step, Stand | 111 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 138 | |
| Bodily Condition | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 33 | |
| Unspecified | 24 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 48 | |
| Slips, Trips, Falls (n=448) | 217 | 128 | 25 | 16 | 0 | 28 | 14 | 20 | 448 | (16) |
| Fall on Same Level | 87 | 66 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 16 | 10 | 13 | 214 | |
| Slip/Trip without Fall | 66 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 90 | |
| Fall to Lower Level | 32 | 25 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 78 | |
| Unspecified | 32 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 66 | |
| Exposure Subst./Environ. (n=269) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 254 | 4 | 269 | (10) |
| Substance/Microbe | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 189 | 4 | 201 | |
| Temperature Extreme | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 40 | |
| Noise, Light | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 21 | |
| Electricity | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Unspecified | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |
| Transportation (n=36) | 3 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 36 | (1) |
| Insect Bite, Animal Strike (n=18) | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 18 | (1) |
| Violence/Assault (n=14) | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14 | (1) |
| Unknown (n=151) | 48 | 10 | 6 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 37 | 151 | (-) |
| Total (%) | 993 (36) | 490 (18) | 349 (13) | 247 (9) | 114 (4) | 97 (4) | 478 (16) | 121 (−) | 2,889 | (100) |
†
Nature “Other musculoskeletal injury/illness” includes: unspecified soft tissue conditions that occurred over time due to repetitive activity (61); carpal tunnel syndrome (32); dorsopathies (9); epicondylitis (6); and tendonitis (6).
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Nature “Other” major categories include: infection (88); poisoning, allergenic effect (67); crushing (60); burn/corrosion (37); hernia (33); abrasion, scratch, blister (30); dermatitis (30);dislocated joint (29); hearing loss (14); concussion (9); Loss of consciousness (9); cardiovascular disease (7).