A Retrospective Evaluation of Injuries to Australian Urban Firefighters (2003 to 2012): Injury Types, Locations, and Causal Mechanisms.

Objective: Benchmark data were sought for evaluating injury trends within Australian firefighters.

Methods: Work-related injury data from Australia's largest urban fire and rescue organization were analyzed (2003 to 2012), with an emphasis on classification (occurrence, mechanism, agency, nature, and location) and demographic details.

Results: Firefighters were injured on 6997 occasions (177 injuries per annum per 1000 full-time employees).