WORKER ACCIDENT STATISTICS FROM OUR CANADIAN NEIGHBORS
Falls take the number one spot.
Statistics for Construction
Claims by Accident Type, 2006-2008
| Rank | Accident Type | Claims | FRCC (Fully Reserved Claims Cost) |
Days Paid | Avg FRCC |
Avg Days
|
| 1 | Falls | 7,461 | $243,883,752 | 481,311 | $32,688 | 65 |
| 2 | Overexertion | 6,810 | $94,078,147 | 303,654 | $13,815 | 45 |
| 3 | Struck By | 6,622 | $76,978,293 | 178,942 | $11,625 | 27 |
| 4 | Other Bodily Motion | 2,867 | $35,811,998 | 120,382 | $12,491 | 42 |
| 5 | Struck Against | 2,092 | $18,779,236 | 54,388 | $8,977 | 26 |
| 6 | Caught In | 824 | $16,211,702 | 30,841 | $19,674 | 37 |
| 7 | MVAs | 491 | $14,647,977 | 25,191 | $29,833 | 51 |
| 8 | Repetitive Motion | 688 | $14,178,701 | 44,776 | $20,609 | 65 |
| All Other | 2,032 | $34,883,348 | 41,371 | $17,167 | 20 | |
| TOTAL | 29,887 | $549,453,155 | 1,280,856 | $18,384 | 43 |
* Rank is based on claims cost.
* Definition of FRCC is located below the Mechanism of Injury Sheets by Classification Unit (CUs).