Dec 26, 2017

PREVENTABLE DEATHS AND INJURIES

Incidents that some people refer to as “accidents,” while others in the public health community use the more technical term...
Dec 26, 2017

PERMANENT DISABILITY (OR PERMANENT IMPAIRMENT)

Any degree of permanent nonfatal injury. It includes any injury that results in the partial or complete loss of use of any part of the body...
Dec 26, 2017

PEDESTRIAN

Any person involved in a motor-vehicle incident who is not in or upon a motor vehicle or non-motor vehicle. Includes persons injured while...
Dec 26, 2017

PEDALCYCLE

A vehicle propelled by human power and operated solely by pedals; excludes...
Dec 26, 2017

OCCUPATIONAL INJURY

Any injury such as a cut, fracture, sprain, amputation, etc., that results from a work incident or from a single, instantaneous exposure in...
Dec 26, 2017

OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS

Any abnormal condition or disorder caused by exposure to environmental factors associated with employment. It includes acute and chronic...
Dec 26, 2017

NONFATAL INJURY INCIDENT

An incident in which at least one person is injured and no injury results in...
Dec 26, 2017

MOTOR-VEHICLE TRAFFIC INCIDENT

A motor-vehicle incident that occurs on a trafficway, any part of which is open to the use of the public for the purposes of vehicular...
Dec 26, 2017

MOTOR-VEHICLE INCIDENT

An unstable situation that includes at least one harmful event (injury or property damage) involving a motor vehicle in transport (in...
Dec 26, 2017

MOTOR-VEHICLE DAMAGE

Includes the value of damage to vehicles from motor-vehicle crashes. The cost of normal wear and tear to vehicles is not...