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| Accident Type | |
| Overexertion | 20.6% |
| Struck by object | 19.0% |
| Struck against object | 10.8% |
| Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects | 10.1% |
| Bodily reaction | 6.4% |
| Other | 33.1% |

| 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | |
| Wood products manufacturing | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 3.9 |
| Manufacturing sector | 4.9 | 5.0 | 5.1 | 5.0 | 4.6 |
| All BC industries | 3.06 | 3.08 | 3.12 | 3.06 | 2.96 |
| Type | #Non-HCO Claims | # Non-HCO Claims% of Total | #Serious Injury Claims* | % of Serious Injury Claims Total | Average STD Duration |
| MSI/Ergonomics | 4,814 | 30% | 1,423 | 31% | 53.6 |
| Safeguarding or Lockout | 4,405 | 27% | 1,689 | 39% | 42 |
| Slips, Trips and Falls | 2,101 | 13% | 782 | 39% | 59.2 |
| Other | 4,984 | 31% | 1,500 | 32% | 51.0 |
| Total | 16,304 | 100% | 5,394 | 35% | 50.4 |

| Type | MSI/Ergonomics | Safeguarding/Lockout | Slips, Trips and Falls | Other |
| # Non-HCO Claims | 4,814 | 4,405 | 2,101 | 4,984 |

| Type | MSI/Ergonomics | Safeguarding/Lockout | Slips, Trips and Falls | Other |
| # Serious Injury Claims | 1,423 | 1,689 | 782 | 1,500 |

| Type | MSI/Ergonomics | Safeguarding/Lockout | Slips, Trips and Falls | Other |
| Average STD Duration | 53.6 | 42 | 59.2 | 51.0 |
Data Source: WorkSafeBC, November 2009.
Go to the Terms of Reference for definitions of terms used.
1 Based on STD/LTD/FTL Claims. These claims represent claims with a first short-term disability, long-term disability or fatal benefit (reserve set or cash award)paid in the period, regardless of the year of injury
2 Injury Rate represents the number of Non-HCO Claims per 100 Person Years.
3 A Serious Injury Claim is a Non HCO claim first paid in the month of injury or three months following which meets one or more of the conditions:
4 Where a fatal claim was transferred from one employer-CU to another, a -1 count is applied against the original employer-CU in the year of transfer and a +1 count is applied against the correct employer-CU in the year of transfer. When an accepted claim is subsequently disallowed in a given year, a -1 count is applied in the year. Where employers have been reclassified into a different CU, the above tables reflect the reclassification retroactively for all years.
5 A Non-HCO Claim is a claim with a first short term disability (STD) benefit, long term disability (LTD) benefit, or survivor benefit (fatal reserve set or cash award) in the year of injury or in the first three months following the year of injury.