Types of Injury

The following table is the result of a search through all the reports for key words relating to types of injury or medical conditions. For example, the category Lacerations will include any word with 'lacerat-', 'cut-' and 'gash-' as part of the word or phrase.

Please note that the totals of these columns do not match the number of casualties given at the bottom of each column. Unfortunately many of the casualties sustain more than one injury as a result of their accident. A typical report will illustrate this:-

"Fracture/dislocation of the ankle, cuts to hands and knee"

This will result in contributions to the fracture, dislocation and laceration categories.

Condition/Injury

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

Abrasion

3

2

1

5

4

5

5

1

1

2

4

1

1

1

3

2

Asthma

1

1

3

3

4

0

3

1

1

1

0

0

0

1

0

2

Bruising

8

10

13

18

12

10

8

5

10

6

2

4

4

2

7

4

Burns

1

0

2

1

0

1

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Concussion

1

0

2

3

2

3

0

0

0

1

0

0

1

1

0

0

Cramp

1

5

3

0

0

0

3

0

0

1

0

0

2

0

1

0

Crush Injury

3

1

0

1

3

1

0

0

0

0

1

2

2

1

1

0

Diabetic

0

2

1

4

1

1

1

2

1

0

0

0

3

1

1

2

Dislocation

4

9

10

6

6

9

9

13

5

10

5

12

10

13

12

15

Epilepsy

1

4

2

7

1

5

3

1

 

3

1

1

0

2

2

3

Exhaustion

33

12

16

17

10

5

11

2

8

5

3

1

2

2

4

0

Exposure

6

7

7

3

10

4

0

2

0

4

0

0

1

1

0

0

Fractures

86

123

112

120

97

107

119

90

83

88

64

88

76

103

92

83

Heart Attack

10

15

15

15

9

7

10

13

13

7

5

7

10

8

7

10

Hypothermia

11

31

14

19

21

2

12

12

1

9

4

7

5

3

6

11

Illness

3

4

6

1

2

1

2

0

0

2

0

0

3

1

3

2

Lacerations

16

11

26

12

16

20

22

19

25

21

9

25

22

8

14

12

Ligament/Tendon Damage

2

6

5

4

5

4

5

8

4

6

3

6

0

3

1

3

Multiple Injuries

6

6

7

4

1

1

1

3

3

1

4

2

1

8

3

7

Shock

3

0

3

1

2

1

4

3

2

0

1

0

0

1

0

0

Sprain/Strain

12

8

12

9

14

14

9

10

9

9

4

6

9

4

3

5

Unconscious

1

4

3

1

4

5

3

3

1

4

3

2

0

0

1

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Number of Casualties

235

286

274

292

253

232

256

226

189

207

136

203

190

246

219

232

Annual Accident Graph
Mountain Accident Summary

Analysis of Casualty Conditions

Causes of Incidents

Age Profiles of Subjects

Types of Injury

Sites of Injury

 ŠLDSAMRA 2006