Examples of circus-specific full and partial time-loss after injuries
| Case | Full time-loss (days) | Partial time-loss (days) |
| A circus performer falls during the act and cannot complete the act due to pain in the back. The performer returns for the remaining acts in the show. | 0 | 0 |
| A circus student is learning a new aerial inversion skill and notices progressively worsening shoulder pain. The student cannot finish the class session due to pain but can return to class the next day with some modifications. | 0 | 0 |
| A circus performer injured their shoulder during a performance on Thursday. The next day, the performer could not perform at all, and for the rest of the weekend cannot perform aerial act but can perform character role. On Monday, the performer resumes aerial act. | 1 | 3 |
| A circus student injured their ankle practising a tumbling pass in class on Monday and has to sit out for the rest of the class. The student joins aerial class right after and can participate with modifications in class. The student misses tumbling classes for the rest of the week due to ankle injury but continues participating in other disciplines. The student returns to tumbling class the following Monday. | 0 | 6 |