Identification of work related injury hospitalisation among the full study population by cause of injury
| Injury category | Frequency of hospital admissions | Payment indicates work relatedness (%) | E codes indicate work relatedness (%) | Kappa statistic (p value) | Either payment or E codes indicate work relatedness (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Falls | 663 | 117 (18) | 116 (18) | 0.77 (<0.01) | 139 (21) |
| Motor/road vehicle | 324 | 15 (5) | NA | NA | 15 (5) |
| Overexertion | 188 | 47 (25) | 46 (24) | 0.59 (<0.01) | 61 (32) |
| Machinery related | 154 | 102 (66) | 114(74) | 0.54 (<0.01) | 123 (80) |
| Struck against | 137 | 40 (29) | 44 (32) | 0.86 (<0.01) | 46 (34) |
| Cutting and piercing | 108 | 29 (27) | 39 (36) | 0.70 (<0.01) | 41 (38) |
| Drowning/suffocation, foreign body in eye/other foreign body | 45 | 4 (9) | 4 (9) | 1.00 (<0.01) | 4 (9) |
| Struck by falling object | 44 | 27 (61) | 23 (52) | 0.45 (<0.01) | 31 (70) |
| Fire/flame/natural/environmental | 42 | 13 (31) | 16 (38) | 0.84 (<0.01) | 16 (38) |
| Caught in or between | 39 | 27 (69) | 28 (72) | 0.57 (<0.01) | 31 (79) |
| Explosions/firearms/hot substance/electric current/radiation | 34 | 18 (53) | 19 (56) | 0.94 (<0.01) | 19 (56) |
| Railway/water/air/powered vehicle | 27 | 8 (30) | 6 (22) | 0.81 (<0.01) | 8 (30) |
| Other poisonings | 17 | 4 (24) | 5 (29) | 0.85 (<0.01) | 5 (29) |
| Other/unspecified | 63 | 8 (13) | 2 (3) | 0.37 (<0.01) | 8 (13) |
| Total | 1885 | 459 (24) | 462 (25) | 0.75 (<0.01) | 547 (29) |