TABLE 1. Age-specific numbers and rates of work-related musculoskeletal disorder (WMSD) claims from overexertion among construction workers — Ohio, 2007–2017.
| Claim | No. of claims, by age group (yrs) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18–24 | 25–34 | 35–44 | 45–54 | 55–64 | |
| Total (all overexertion WMSDs) | 879 | 2,570 | 3,004 | 2,746 | 1,148 |
| Diagnosis category | |||||
| Spinal disc disorders | 15 | 156 | 224 | 208 | 85 |
| Upper extremity sprains | 257 | 674 | 884 | 859 | 391 |
| Lower extremity sprains | 42 | 65 | 86 | 92 | 41 |
| Back sprains | 400 | 1,229 | 1,174 | 900 | 319 |
| Other overexertion WMSDs* | 165 | 446 | 636 | 687 | 312 |
| No. of FTEs | 193,702 | 463,026 | 476,862 | 460,729 | 234,751 |
| Claims per 10,000 FTEs | |||||
| Total (all overexertion WMSDs) | 45.4 | 55.5 | 63.0 | 59.6 | 48.9 |
| Diagnosis category | |||||
| Spinal disc disorders | 0.8 | 3.4 | 4.7 | 4.5 | 3.6 |
| Upper extremity sprains | 13.3 | 14.6 | 18.5 | 18.6 | 16.7 |
| Lower extremity sprains | 2.2 | 1.4 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 1.8 |
| Back sprains | 20.7 | 26.5 | 24.6 | 19.5 | 13.6 |
| Other overexertion WMSDs* | 8.5 | 9.6 | 13.3 | 14.9 | 13.3 |
| Percentage of claims with high number of lost work days (≥8 days, ≥100 days) | |||||
| Lost-time claims (≥8 lost work days) as percentage of all claims | 18.0 | 23.8 | 32.0 | 38.6 | 40.5 |
| Percentage of lost-time claims with ≥100 lost work days | 31.6 | 40.6 | 43.6 | 45.0 | 42.4 |
Abbreviation: FTE = full-time employee.
* Other overexertion WMSDs include carpal tunnel syndrome, diseases of musculoskeletal and connective tissues, hernia of abdominal cavity, soft tissue/enthesopathy, other sprains, dislocation, spinal osteoarthritis, diseases of the nervous system and sense organ, injury to nerves and spinal cord, knee derangement, other joint disorders, and symptoms, signs, and ill-defined conditions, not elsewhere classified.