TABLE 1.

Top five categories for nature of injury, cause, anatomic location, and permanent (partial or otherwise) disability, across the four industry sub‐categories

		n = 626 032		n = 243 605 (38.9%)		n = 187 010 (29.9%)		n = 133 206 (21.3%)		n = 62 211 (9.9%)
		Total		Hospital		Ambulatory care		Nursing/ residential care		Social assistance
		n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
Top nature of injury	Strain or tear	215 588	34.4	88 296	36.3	59 051	31.6	49 006	36.8	19 235	30.9
	Contusion	68 604	11.0	27 149	11.1	16 104	8.6	16 704	12.5	8647	13.9
	Sprain or tear	62 824	10.0	27 356	11.2	13 955	7.5	14 348	10.8	7165	11.5
	Other specific injuries	59 974	9.6	25 265	10.4	16 700	8.9	11 640	8.7	6369	10.2
	Puncture	48 175	7.7	11 618 a	4.8	26 457	14.2	7967	6.0	2133 a	3.4
Top causes of injury	Lifting	67 450	10.8	24 136	9.9	16 558	8.9	21 041	15.8	5715	9.2
	Strain or injury by, NOC	57 056	9.1	23 448	9.6	17 923	9.6	10 313	7.7	5372	8.6
	Miscellaneous, NOC	41 479	6.6	16 110	6.6	12 828	6.9	8274	6.2	4267	6.9
	Repetitive motion	37 294	6.0	16 026	6.6	14 956	8.0	3942 a	3.0	2370 a	3.8
	Fellow worker, patient, or other person	36 714	5.9	15 076	6.2	5656 a	3.0	12 112	9.1	3870 a	6.2
Top injured body part	Low back area	78 812	13.6	29 314	12.0	18 770	10.0	22 567	16.9	8161	13.1
	Multiple	73 882	12.8	29 067	11.9	21 783	11.7	15 232	11.4	7800	12.5
	Finger(s)	52 906	9.1	17 039	7.0	22 146	11.8	10 221	7.7	3500	5.6
	Shoulder(s)	39 422	6.8	18 026	7.4	9111 a	4.9	9286	7.0	2999 a	4.8
	Knee(s)	35 480	6.1	14 315	5.9	8775 a	4.7	7685	5.8	4705	7.6
Permanently impaired		44 838	7.2	15 707	6.5	14 142	7.6	11 096	8.3	4893	7.9

^a Categories that were outside of the top five reasons per industry setting. NOC (not otherwise classified).