The incidence of cuts and laceration injuries from intertidal and shallow subtidal wild (feral) oysters, excluding work related injuries for oyster culture. Releasing data as an xml spreadsheet with date (month), location or region, injury type, and severity.
The impact of wild (feral) Pacific oysters has primarily focused on environmental and economic impacts despite qualitative statements that wild (feral) Pacific oysters cause human morbidity such as cuts and lacerations.
The ACC dataset is unique and could provide much needed insight to quantify this risk.
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05 November 2024 Kia ora Your Official Information Act request, reference: GOV-036086 Thank you for your request on 21 October 2024, asking for the following information under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act): "The incidence of cuts and laceration injuries from intertidal and shallow subtidal wild (feral) oysters, excluding work related injuries for oyster culture. Releasing data as an xml spreadsheet with date (month), location or region, injury type, and severity." The requested information is attached here: https://catalogue.data.govt.nz/dataset/gov-036086-cuts-and-laceration-injuries-from-wild-oysters Please refer to the ‘Notes’ tab when interpreting the data. Keyword searches: We have conducted a keyword search of these accident description fields using the term ‘oyster’ and included claims with an approved injury diagnosis of 'laceration, puncture, sting'. As such, this data set should be considered indicative, but not a definitive count of claims. The data set available to ACC is reliant on the information provided on an ACC45 injury claim form, which is completed when a person seeks treatment for their injury. The form has a free-text field ‘accident description’ where a person can provide a brief description of how their accident happened. This field is not mandatory to complete and not every client does so. Also, when the field is completed, there is considerable variation in the way accidents are described. Claim counts fewer than four: Some values in the tables only indicate that the claim count is fewer than four (denoted as <4) to protect our clients’ privacy. This decision is made under section 9(2)(a) of the Act. In doing so, we have considered the public interest in making the information available and have determined that it does not outweigh the need to protect our clients’ privacy If you have any questions about this response, please get in touch You can email me at GovernmentServices@acc.co.nz. If you are not happy with this response, you can also contact the Ombudsman via info@ombudsman.parliament.nz or by phoning 0800 802 602. Information about how to make a complaint is available at www.ombudsman.parliament.nz. Ngā mihi Christopher Johnston Manager Official Information Act Services Government Engagement
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