Coordinators
These sections cover physical altercations, unsafe acts, horseplay, and other causes not otherwise covered under any other cause code.
CAUSE CODE EXPLANATIONS
| Use code… | …if this is the cause | Examples include these… | …but not these |
| 0500 series | Encounter with person | An encounter with a person(s) that results in an injury where there is no vehicle involved or is otherwise covered in other cause codes | |
| 0510 | Struck By Other Person(s) | ||
| 0520 | Struck with object or weapon wielded by other person (except gunshot) | Gunshot (see 0550 below) | |
| 0530 | Pushed or pulled by another person(s) | ||
| 0540 | Crushed, pinned or caught within a crowd | ||
| 0550 | Gunshot | Bullet wound | Loss of hearing (see 0930 Noise) |
| 0560 | Verbal abuse | ||
| 0570 | Pursuit of suspect | ||
| 1900 | Unsafe act | Failure to follow specified safe work practices results in injury or illness. Includes failure to wear required PPE, rushing a job, intentional disregard for safety, etc. | |
| 2000 | Horseplay | Recreational activity where the activity is known to management and condoned (or nothing is done to stop the activity), management provides the equipment, the activity takes place on paid or even unpaid breaks and takes place on the premises. Can also include practical jokes, using work tools in a manner in which it was not intended, bumping an employee, or gunplay. | |
| 2100 | Other / Unidentifiable occurrence | Includes other causes or an occurrence that can’t be appropriately identified under any other cause codes. |