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. 2022 Jul 5;31:101943. doi: 10.1016/j.jcot.2022.101943

Table 3.

Most common injury mechanisms (%), by 10-year age group.

Rank 10s 20s 30s 40s 50s 60s 70s
1 Manual Tools (42.13) Manual Tools (42.13) Manual Tools (43.23) Manual Tools (38.65) Power saws (45.51) Power Saws (54.25) Power Saws (59.97)
2 Power Saws (23.96) Power Saws (24.84) Power Saws (29.76) Power Saws (37.65) Manual Tools (32.05) Manual Tools (25.69) Manual Tools (22.93)
3 Misc. Equipment (13.19) Misc. Equipment (11.09) Misc. Equipment (11.19) Misc. Equipment (9.71) Misc. Equipment (9.11) Misc. Equipment (8.38) Misc. Equipment (8.37)
4 Power tools (8.72) Power tools (7.77) Power tools (8.58) Power tools (8.48) Power tools (7.98) Power tools (8.04) Power tools (6.35)
5 Hoists, Lifts, Jacks (5.81) Hoists, Lifts, Jacks (5.83) Hoists, Lifts, Jacks (4.13) Hoists, Lifts, Jacks (3.72) Hoists, Lifts, Jacks (2.74) Hoists, Lifts, Jacks (2.46) Hoists, Lifts, Jacks (1.26)