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Table 4 Injury rates in intervention fire department 2004–2009 and 2010–2013, and change in median monthly injury rate between the two time periods

From: Efficacy of a proactive health and safety risk management system in the fire service

Task

Intervention FD

 

Pre-intervention (2004–2009)

Post-intervention (2010–2013)

Percent Change (95% CI)

p- value

Total (injury per person-year)

0.23900

0.21300

−8.1 (−20.5, 6.3)

0.25

Firegrounda (injury per response)

0.00187

0.00162

−9.1 (−57.8, 95.8)

0.81

Patient Transporta (injury per response)

0.00037

0.00039

21.4 (−22.1, 89.4)

0.39

Exercise (injury per person-year)

0.07900

0.07800

−2.9 (− 25.5, 26.4)

0.83

  1. aNumber of response calls unavailable for 2004–2005, so pre-intervention consists of 2006–2009