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Thousands of teachers and other school workers were hurt by students on the job during 2023-2024, according to the first report released by the Indiana Department of Education.
A 2023 law requires public schools to track the number of injuries caused by a student and then report those findings to the department.
Schools must share injuries with the department if: it's required to be reported to worker’s compensation; causes an employee to miss all or part of one work day; and/or if the injury falls under the public school’s reporting policy.
In total, more than 3,032 unique injuries last school year were reported to the education department across these classifications.
The same injury can appear on the report in more than one category. The "Indiana School Employee Injury Report" shows about 2,770 injuries were reported per the school’s policy and about 1,940 incidents were declared for worker’s compensation. And 485 incidents resulted in employees taking one or part of a single work day.
Schools that reported one or more injuries are on the list.
Contact WFYI education editor Eric Weddle at eweddle@wfyi.org.
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