The injury profile of an Australian specialist policing unit

Larsen, Brianna and Aisbett, Brad and Silk, Aaron (2016) The injury profile of an Australian specialist policing unit. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 13 (4):370. pp. 1-9. ISSN 1661-7827

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Abstract

This study investigated the injuries sustained by an Australian specialist police division. Injury records spanning four-years were analyzed. The role being performed when the injury occurred, injury cause, body part injured, and injury-related costs were quantified. The percentage of personnel injured multiple times was documented. One hundred and thirty eight personnel reported injuries, 58 of these on multiple occasions. This resulted in 229 injuries and 76 claims being raised. Half of the injuries occurred during operational policing tasks, however training activities accounted for >30% of injuries. The most common injury was strain/sprain, and upper body injuries were 2.5-times more common than lower-body or torso injuries. 1107 shifts were lost, and injuries cost the organization $487,159 (Australian Dollars) over the four-year period. The injury costs (both financial and in manpower) may prompt policy makers to review the current training and post-injury rehabilitation protocols.

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Item Type:	Article (Commonwealth Reporting Category C)
Refereed:	Yes
Item Status:	Live Archive
Additional Information:	© 2016 by the authors; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons by Attribution (CC-BY) license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Faculty/School / Institute/Centre:	Current - Faculty of Business, Education, Law and Arts - No Department (1 Jul 2013 -)
Faculty/School / Institute/Centre:	No Faculty
Date Deposited:	21 Sep 2020 23:52
Last Modified:	30 Sep 2020 01:27
Uncontrolled Keywords:	police; special forces; injury analysis; workplace injury
Fields of Research (2008):	11 Medical and Health Sciences > 1117 Public Health and Health Services > 111705 Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety 11 Medical and Health Sciences > 1117 Public Health and Health Services > 111706 Epidemiology 11 Medical and Health Sciences > 1106 Human Movement and Sports Science > 110699 Human Movement and Sports Science not elsewhere classified
Fields of Research (2020):	35 COMMERCE, MANAGEMENT, TOURISM AND SERVICES > 3505 Human resources and industrial relations > 350505 Occupational and workplace health and safety 42 HEALTH SCIENCES > 4202 Epidemiology > 420299 Epidemiology not elsewhere classified 42 HEALTH SCIENCES > 4207 Sports science and exercise > 420799 Sports science and exercise not elsewhere classified
Socio-Economic Objectives (2008):	C Society > 92 Health > 9205 Specific Population Health (excl. Indigenous Health) > 920505 Occupational Health
Identification Number or DOI:	https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph13040370
URI:	http://eprints.usq.edu.au/id/eprint/39592

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