This is a legal term for an injury to the body, mind or emotions, as opposed to an injury to property.
The most common types of personal injury claims are road traffic accidents, accidents at work, tripping accidents, assault claims, accidents in the home, product defect accidents and holiday accidents. The term personal injury also incorporates medical and dental accidents and conditions that are often classified as industrial disease cases, including asbestosis and peritoneal mesothelioma, chest diseases (e.g., emphysema, pneumoconiosis, silicosis, chronic bronchitis, asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and chronic obstructive airways disease), deafness, contact dermatitis, and repetitive strain injury cases.