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Part of Body Affected
Characteristics of Work-related Injuries and Illnesses in Maine 1999_________________
Table 11 on page 24 shows the parts of the body affected
by disabling work-related injuries and illnesses
in Maine from 1997 to 1999. There were 6,502
(39.3%) injuries to the trunk in 1999, of which 4,102
(24.8%) affected the back. Figure 15 shows the break-
Figure 15. Part of Body Affected
Percent of Disabling Cases, Maine, 1999
Head
5.1%
N=16,561
Percent of Disabling Cases
16
14
12
10
8
6
4
2
0
Body
Systems
3.4%
Mtpl body
parts
10.0%
Lower
extrem.
18.2%
Unknown
0.4%
Neck
2.3%
Upper
extrem.
21.4%
Trunk
39.3%
out of all major parts of the body injured in 1999. Figure
16 shows the parts of the trunk affected. The back
was injured the most frequently, accounting for 63.1%
of all injuries to the trunk.
Multiple
trunk loc.
3.3%
Pelvic
region
5.3%
Abdomen
5.3%
Shoulder
15.3%
Trunk part
UNS
0.2%
Back
63.1%
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Bureau of Labor Standards
Chest
7.6%
Top Five Parts of the Body Affected
Percent of Total Disabling Cases, Maine, 1993-1999
1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
Year of Injury or Illness
Figure 16. Part of Trunk Injured
Percent of Disabling Cases, Maine, 1999
N=6,502
Trunk part
NEC
0.0%
Shown below in Figure 17 are the top five codes used for the parts of body injured at work where the worker
lost time. These five codes accounted for nearly 45% of all of the disabling cases in 1999.
Figure 17.
Lumbar region
Multiple body
parts
Back UNS
Knees
Fingers