Table 2.
Rates of frequent types of injuries per 10,000 full-time equivalent employees (FTE) in medical-only (MO) and lost-time (LT) claims to the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation from the landscaping services industry, 2005 – 2017.
| MO claims rate per 10,000 FTE by age group (number of claims) | LT claims rate per 10,000 FTE by age group (number of claims) | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age group | Age group | |||||||||||
| Diagnosis category | <25 years | 25–34 years | 35–44 years | 45–54 years | 55–64 years | 65+ years | <25 years | 25–34 years | 35–44 years | 45–54 years | 55–64 years | 65+ years* |
| Open wounds | 165.6 (n=859) | 115.7 (n=869) | 81.3 (n=458) | 69.6 (n=262) | 73.8 (n=115) | 45.5 (n=15) | 8.7 (n=45) | 8.1 (n=61) | 6.7 (n=38) | 6.6 (n=25) | 5.8 (n=9) | 0.0 (n=0) |
| Contusion | 63.6 (n=330) | 49.0 (n=368) | 44.4 (n=250) | 40.4 (n=152) | 40.4 (n=63) | 39.5 (n=13) | 2.1 (n=11) | 4.9 (n=37) | 2.7 (n=15) | 3.5 (n=13) | 3.8 (n=6) | 3.0 (n=1) |
| Sprains-lower extremity | 42.6 (n=221) | 39.0 (n=293) | 28.7 (n=162) | 26.8 (n=101) | 18.6 (n=29) | 12.1 (n=4) | 6.0 (n=31) | 9.5 (n=71) | 9.4 (n=53) | 8.8 (n=33) | 7.7 (n=12) | 6.1 (n=2) |
| Sprains-back | 31.6 (n=164) | 46.3 (n=348) | 31.1 (n=175) | 22.0 (n=83) | 17.3 (n=27) | 9.1 (n=3) | 4.6 (n=24) | 11.3 (n=85) | 11.2 (n=63) | 8.2 (n=31) | 5.1 (n=8) | 3.0 (n=1) |
| Sprains-upper extremity | 24.5 (n=127) | 25.2 (n=189) | 21.5 (n=121) | 21.5 (n=81) | 21.2 (n=33) | 18.2 (n=6) | 2.9 (n=15) | 6.4 (n=48) | 6.6 (n=37) | 11.4 (n=43) | 15.4 (n=24) | 3.0 (n=1) |
| Fracture-upper extremity | 21.0 (n=109) | 16.1 (n=121) | 13.0 (n=73) | 13.3 (n=50) | 10.9 (n=17) | 12.1 (n=4) | 9.4 (n=49) | 9.6 (n=72) | 7.1 (n=40) | 11.4 (n=43) | 8.3 (n=13) | 15.2 (n=5) |
| Fracture-lower Extremity | 3.1 (n=16) | 3.9 (n=29) | 3.7 (n=21) | 4.3 (n=16) | 9.0 (n=14) | 9.1 (n=3) | 8.5 (n=44) | 8.8 (n=66) | 12.6 (n=71) | 10.9 (n=41) | 7.7 (n=12) | 9.1 (n=3) |
| Disc disorders | 0.6 (n=3) | 0.5 (n=4) | 1.1 (n=6) | 0.8 (n=3) | 1.3 (n=2) | 0.0 (n=0) | 2.5 (n=13) | 8.0 (n=60) | 8.2 (n=46) | 7.2 (n=27) | 2.6 (n=4) | 0.0 (n=0) |
| Soft tissue/Enthesopathy | 3.3 (n=17) | 3.9 (n=29) | 3.7 (n=21) | 8.5 (n=32) | 8.3 (n=13) | 3.0 (n=1) | 1.2 (n=6) | 4.0 (n=30) | 4.1 (n=23) | 6.1 (n=23) | 4.5 (n=7) | 0.0 (n=0) |
| Dislocation | 1.3 (n=7) | 1.3 (n=10) | 2.3 (n=13) | 2.7 (n=10) | 5.1 (n=8) | 3.0 (n=1) | 2.5 (n=13) | 2.5 (n=19) | 4.3 (n=24) | 4.5 (n=17) | 6.4 (n=10) | 0.0 (n=0) |
| Fracture-neck and trunk | 0.0 (n=0) | 0.5 (n=4) | 1.4 (n=8) | 2.7 (n=10) | 5.8 (n=9) | 9.1 (n=3) | 1.5 (n=8) | 2.8 (n=21) | 3.0 (n=17) | 4.3 (n=16) | 5.1 (n=8) | 3.0 (n=1) |
| Fracture-head | 1.0 (n=5) | 1.2 (n=9) | 0.5 (n=3) | 0.5 (n=2) | 0.6 (n=1) | 0.0 (n=0) | 1.5 (n=8) | 1.2 (n=9) | 1.2 (n=7) | 2.7 (n=10) | 0.6 (n=1) | 0.0 (n=0) |
*
There were only 18 LT claims in this age group.