A foot injury is, according to the Comp Pinkbook, the eighth most common workers’ compensation injury in Maryland. (The Comp Pinkbook represented a study of over a quarter million comp claims that had some kind of permanency award from the period of 1/1/11 to 6/30/12. The book is for sale at Amazon.com.)
The injuries to the feet outside of a work setting are more common than work-related. For example, bunions, calluses, heel spurs, ingrown nails, and others are typical foot issues. These are generally not compensable in a workers’ comp setting.