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Table 3 Activities reported by ARA and ARES recruits to have been undertaken at the time injuries occurred during basic training in the Australian Army, in the period 1 July 2012 to 30 June 2014

From: Injuries in Australian Army full-time and part-time personnel undertaking basic training

 

ARA

ARES

IRR (ARA/ARES) [95% CI]

Activity

MPI

SPI

MPI

SPI

 

Physical Training (PT)

515 (40.6%)

10 (0.8%)

48 (32.0%)

1 (0.7%)

1.37 [0.84–2.25]

Combat Training

265 (20.0%)

7 (0.6%)

41 (27.3%)

0 (0.0%)

0.85 [0.46–1.57]

Marching

117 (9.5%)

3 (0.2%)

16 (10.7%)

0 (0.0%)

0.96 [0.36–2.54]

Unknown

117 (9.5%)

14 (1.1%)

17 (11.3%)

2 (1.3%)

0.88 [0.36–2.19]

Walking

54 (4.4%)

3 (0.2%)

6 (4.0%)

0 (0.0%)

1.22 [0.27–5.50]

Manual/Materials Handling

27 (2.2%)

1 (0.1%)

5 (3.3%)

0 (0.0%)

0.72 [0.11–4.78]

Sitting/standing

14 (1.1%)

1 (0.1%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

Swimming

14 (1.1%)

1 (0.1%)

4 (2.7%)

0 (0.0%)

0.48 [0.04–5.34]

Construction/Engineering

12 (1.0%)

0 (0.0%)

1 (0.7%)

0 (0.0%)

1.54 [0.05–52.39]

Personal Hygiene

10 (0.8%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

Weapons familiarisation

9 (0.7%)

0 (0.0%)

5 (3.3%)

0 (0.0%)

0.23 [0.01–3.93]

Sensitive

8 (0.6%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

Cleaning

5 (0.4%)

0 (0.0%)

2 (1.3%)

0 (0.0%)

0.32 [0.01–16.53]

Patient/Patient Care

5 (0.4%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

Collated Others*

20 (1.6%)

3 (0.2%)

2 (1.3%)

0 (0.0%)

1.47 [0.12–18.21]

Total

1192 (96.5%)

43 (3.5%)

147 (98.0%)

3 (2.0%)

 
  1. *Collated others: Collation of remaining activities with less than three (n = 3) occurrences. ARA Australian Regular Army, ARES Army Reserve, MPI Minor Personal Injury, SPI Serious Personal Injury, IRR Injury Rate Ratio
  2. Expressed as raw number (% of all injuries for that service type)