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In FY07, 52 (66%) out of the 78 claims paid were <br />filed by temporary/seasonal employees who were <br />laid off or still working. This includes seasonal <br />employees with Public Works Maintenance and <br />Parks & Open Space, temporary part-time <br />Recreation employees, and Cultural Services <br />stage crew/ushers. A departmental break-down <br />of FY07 unemployment claim <br />payments is shown in the <br />City of Eugene- FY07 Unempbyment Claims Cost <br />by department <br />$32.792 <br />_ A <br />$30,000 __ __. _.._~. _ .,..___ ---_____d. <br />!~G AAA ~' <br />$20,0 00 <br />graph on the right. ^ central Services <br />® File/EMS <br />'~ <br />_ LRCS $10,000 <br />~' PDD <br /> Police <br /> PW <br /> $0 <br />WORKERS' COMPENSATION CLAIMS <br />Unfortunately, workers' compensation claim costs <br />and number of claims filed are increasing. The <br />claim costs for FY07 were $823,297 which is the <br />second highest total in the last five fiscal years and <br />a 45% increase over the tthe lowest of the last five <br />fiscal years (FY03). This includes claims that have <br />been paid as well as reserves established for <br />future payments. (This number is expected to <br />change as claims continue to incur costs and as <br />claims close, thereby reducing the reserves.) In <br />FY07, 227 claims were filed which is a significant increase over last <br />fiscal year's total of 184. <br />35 of the 227 claims were disabling claims. This represents 15% of the total claims filed but accounts for 80% of <br />the total severity (claims cost). The total severity of the disabling claims was $660,720 which averages out to be <br />$18,878 per disabling claim. The total work days lost from those claims was 1,114 for an average of 32 lost days <br />per claim. <br />INJURY TYPE <br /> FY03 ~ FY05 FY06 F 7 <br />Burns (heat & chemical) 2 2 1 1 2 <br />Contusions/cuts 42 45 26 31 50 <br />Exposures`" 19 20 14 9 21 <br />Fractures/dislocations 8 6 4 13 9 <br />Hernia 1 1 4 0 0 <br />Miscellaneous~`~" 26 15 29 21 34 <br />Sprains/strains 83 88 85 105 109 <br />Torn cartilage 4 2 6 4 2 <br />TOTAL 185 179 169 184 227 <br />'includes crushes, laceratio ns, abrasions, an d punctures <br />"includes exposures to blood, poison oak, vi ruses, etc. <br />`"*includes hearing trauma, angina, bites, foreign body in eye, sh ock, <br />umulative trauma, inflam mation, etc. <br />While all Departments saw increases in the <br />number of claims filed, Fire and Police saw <br />the greatest increases and, as is expected <br />due to the nature of the work, they continue <br />to have the highest number of claims filed. <br />Fire and Police claims accounted for 147 of <br />the claims filed <br />City-wide (65%) and $659,313 (80%) of <br />the total claims costs. <br />Claims Analysis <br />Sprains and strains continue to account for <br />a majority of the injuries sustained; 109 <br />(48%) of the 227 claims filed were for <br />sprains/strains. The table on the left shows ~' <br />a five year history of workers' compensation`. <br />-- claims by injury type. <br />10 <br />