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How much Crocs really cost<br />
A FAMOUSLY ugly shoe is<br />
trending in the wrong direction<br />
when it comes to safety, data<br />
shows.<br />
So far this year, ACC has<br />
paid out nearly $2 million to<br />
people with ‘fall related’ claims<br />
involving Crocs, jandals and<br />
high heels alone.<br />
The total number of Crocrelated<br />
accidents in the year to<br />
September has already surpassed<br />
2023’s figure, up to 128 from 109.<br />
The number of jandal-related<br />
accidents is decreasing, while<br />
high heel accidents have<br />
remained steady over the past<br />
four years, the data shows.<br />
Losing balance or skidding on<br />
foot was the most common way<br />
for people to sustain injuries in<br />
both Crocs and jandals.<br />
A twisting movement was the<br />
most common way to be injured<br />
wearing heels – 70 people were<br />
injured in this fashion over the<br />
past nine months.<br />
Meanwhile, at least 10 people<br />
were “struck by a person or<br />
animal” while wearing Crocs,<br />
jandals and heels, causing a<br />
significant enough injury to<br />
require ACC.<br />
For the year to date, more than<br />
$1.3 million has been paid in<br />
active costs relating to the 495<br />
people who needed to recover<br />
from jandal accidents.<br />
While some people might<br />
need more assistance than<br />
others, that cost about $2700 on<br />
average per jandal accident.<br />
For high heel injuries, about<br />
$472,720 was paid out, and for<br />
Croc-related accidents, $63,797<br />
was paid out.<br />
The number of people hurt<br />
while wearing Crocs tripled between<br />
2022 and 2023, while the<br />
cost to ACC of treating those<br />
injuries doubled.<br />
On the numbers and costs<br />
alone, the humble jandal appears<br />
to sustain the most damage<br />
to the wearer. High heels<br />
come in second, with Crocs<br />
climbing the ranks to third.<br />
ACC said the data for this year<br />
was not definitive.<br />
When people hurt themselves,<br />
they had options to describe on<br />
the form how it happened.<br />
“This field is not mandatory<br />
to complete and not every client<br />
does so. Also, when the field is<br />
completed, there is considerable<br />
variation in the way accidents<br />
are described.”<br />
That meant there could be a<br />
much larger number of people<br />
who had footwear-related<br />
injuries who had not noted the<br />
type of footwear on the form.<br />
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FALLOUT: So far this year ACC has paid out nearly<br />
$2 million in ‘fall-related’ claims involving Crocs, jandals<br />
and high heels.<br />
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