Table 3 Recuperation duration and amount of payment according to type of injuries and injured body sites
From: An overview of compensated work-related injuries among Korean firefighters from 2010 to 2015
Variable | Recuperation duration (days) | Compensation (thousand won) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | % | Mean | Median | Max | Mean | Median | Max | |
All | 2154 | 100 | 96.4 | 60 | 1183 | 358.8 | 19.3 | 14,889.8 |
Sprains and bruises | 586 | 27.2 | 52.9 | 60 | 228 | 88.0 | 0 | 2386.9 |
Fractures | 501 | 23.3 | 110.0 | 90 | 730 | 397.6 | 44.9 | 11,416.0 |
Ligament injury and dislocations | 421 | 19.5 | 101.3 | 69 | 1183 | 527.8 | 52.9 | 6429.9 |
Nerve injury | 177 | 8.2 | 90.9 | 60 | 816 | 544.5 | 90.4 | 6407.1 |
Laceration or injury from bite | 115 | 5.3 | 68.6 | 60 | 236 | 106.9 | 9.7 | 1733.9 |
Muscle injury | 99 | 4.6 | 82.7 | 60 | 366 | 294.3 | 16.6 | 3096.0 |
Burns | 94 | 4.4 | 89.3 | 60 | 383 | 626.0 | 67.5 | 14,889.8 |
Amputations | 12 | 0.6 | 86.2 | 61 | 180 | 186.0 | 0 | 2094.2 |
Poisoning | 8 | 0.4 | 64.9 | 60 | 99 | 110.0 | 23.5 | 450.7 |
Hearing loss | 8 | 0.4 | 112.6 | 60 | 464 | 121.7 | 0 | 551.9 |
Visual impairment | 4 | 0.2 | 46.8 | 60 | 60 | 4.7 | 0 | 18.7 |
Frostbite | 1 | 0.0 | 60.0 | 60 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Others | 128 | 5.9 | 278.8 | 92 | 883 | 773.8 | 14.9 | 11,343.6 |
Upper and lower back | 544 | 25.3 | 73.7 | 60 | 816 | 296.2 | 17.9 | 7965.7 |
Upper leg and knee | 368 | 17.1 | 94.0 | 63 | 1183 | 477.0 | 30.1 | 6429.9 |
Lower leg and foot | 267 | 12.4 | 98.6 | 78 | 726 | 416.7 | 64.2 | 11,416.0 |
Head | 262 | 12.2 | 103.0 | 60 | 883 | 265.5 | 0 | 14,889.8 |
Forearm and hand | 219 | 10.2 | 89.7 | 60 | 366 | 223.6 | 30.8 | 4139.6 |
Shoulder | 128 | 5.9 | 82.9 | 60 | 309 | 436.2 | 10.1 | 3702.2 |
Trunk | 107 | 5.0 | 100.1 | 60 | 383 | 389.0 | 0 | 4980.0 |
Neck | 79 | 3.7 | 65.9 | 60 | 263 | 79.5 | 0 | 1283.2 |
Arm | 68 | 3.2 | 99.1 | 72 | 320 | 367.5 | 36.3 | 8105.7 |
Others | 112 | 5.2 | 239.3 | 90 | 730 | 693.0 | 13.8 | 11,343.6 |