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~, _ .. <br />- :~ - <br />k -ii;1 ~ <br />-- _ - '~ <br />The pie charts below show the FY07 frequency and severity of workers' compensation claims broken out by <br />department. <br />FY07 Workers' Compensation Claims FY07 Workers' Compensation Claims <br />Frequency Severity <br />FIRE-75 ~ - FIRE- <br />$349,444 <br />LRCS-23 LRCS- <br /> <br />$33,479 <br />i <br /> <br />_ ~ <br />~ -CENT SVCS - 13 CENT SVCS - <br />/ $60,635 <br />- <br /> PW- <br /> $65,966 <br />PW-38 PDD- <br /> $14,003 <br />POLICE - 72 <br />PDD-6 POLICE- <br />' $309,869 <br /> City of Eugene -Disabling Workers' Compensation Claims <br />As you can see in the graphs on the previous page, Frequency & Severity Comparison <br />the number of disabling claims is much lower than loo^io <br />the number of medical only claims, however, the cost o sa, <br />2 <br />of disabling claims tends to be much higher. The i ! 7s^/> so~io <br />ao% s <br />graph on the right illustrates this comparison . 69^i <br /> <br />The graph below shows a five year comparison of the so^io <br />~ ~, <br />average cost per claim. g 40% ~ <br /> i <br />za°., <br /> ~~ <br /> o <br />0% <br /> <br />City of Eugene -Workers' Compensation Claims FY03 FY04 FY05 FY06 FY07 <br />Average Cost per Claim ^ Frequency Severity <br />$7,000 <br />$s,000 <br />$5,000 <br />$a,ooo <br />$3,000 <br />$z,ooo <br />$1,000 <br />$o <br />Program Cost Savings <br />EMPLOYERAT INJURY PROGRAM (EAIP) <br />The State of Oregon's Employer at Injury <br />Program is a program designed to encourage <br />employers to return employees to modified work <br />when released by their physician. The incentive <br />is'that the Employer at Injury Program will <br />reimburse employers for one-half of the wages <br />paid to the employees working qualifying <br />modified jobs for a period of up to 66 working <br />days. The program will also assist with worksite <br />modifications and in purchasing equipment that <br />FYO3 FYOa FYOS FYOS FYO7 enables employees to continue their jobs. <br />Although the Workers' Compensation Program <br />processes the reimbursement requests the funds are returned to the City department employing the injured: <br />.worker. These funds do not reduce the City's workers' compensation experience since they are paid back to <br />the department as a partial reimbursement of the modified duty wages paid to the employee. <br />12 <br />