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Disabling Claims <br />Disabling claims are those where the employee missed more than three days of work or where the injury results <br />in impairment. Disabling claims are less frequent than medical only claims but they result in a much higher <br />claim cost as is reflected in the table below. <br /> • I FIRE/EMS'WORKERS'COMPENSATlON CLAIMS <br /> i <br />~, <br />~ # of Disabling % of Total Cost of Disabling % of Total <br />" ~~ Claims Claims Claims Cost <br /> <br />_ , ~§ FY03 15 27% $101,439 87% <br /> 4 <br />_ FY04 18 31% $162,960 88% <br /> _ FY05 22 50% $308,290 93% <br /> FY06 24 36% $190,413 78% <br /> "( FY07 18 24% $278659. 80% <br />Employerat Injury Program (EAIP) <br />The State of Oregon's Employer at Injury Program is a program designed to encourage employers to return <br />employees to modified work when released by their physician. The incentive is that the Employer at Injury <br />Program will reimburse employers for one-half of the wages paid to the employees working qualifying modified <br />jobs for a period of up to 66 working days. The program will also assist with worksite modifications and in <br />purchasing equipment that enables employees to continue their jobs. Although the Workers' Compensation <br />Program processes the reimbursement requests the funds are returned to the City department employing the <br />injured worker. These funds do not reduce the City's workers' compensation experience since they are paid <br />back to the department as a partial reimbursement of the modified duty wages paid to the employee. In FY07, <br />the Workers' Compensation Program recovered a total of $30,805 in EAIP funds for Fire/EMS employees who <br />worked modified jobs. A total of $137,882 has been <br />recovered over the past five years on behalf of Fire/EMS. <br />Claims Summary by Division <br />The number of Fire/EMS workers' compensations <br />claims filed and total claim costs are listed below by <br />division. <br />ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES: There were four claims <br />filed by Administrative Services employees filed in FY07 <br />and the total severity for the year was $21,176. <br />Of the four claims filed only one was a disabling claim. <br />Over the last five fiscal years the total severity for <br />Administrative Services claims is $106,926 for an <br />average of $21,385 per year and an average of $7,128 <br />per claim. <br />FIELD OPERATIONS: In FY07 there were 71 claims filed by Field Operations employees and 25% of those claims <br />were disabling. Claim costs for FY07 increased to $328,268 which is a 44% increase over last year's total. The <br />average claim cost for Field Operations claims in FY07 was $4,623. Over the last five fiscal years the total severity <br />for Field Operations claims is $1,119,217 for an average of $223,843 per year and $3,941 per claim. <br />SAFETY & LOSS .CONTROL SERVICES <br />In FY07, Safety & Loss Control staff worked with Fire/EMS on several projects involving safety and loss control <br />including facility inspections and assisting the department with work associated with the Oregon OSHA Safety <br />and Health Achievement Recognition Program (SHARP). Safety & Loss Control staff also worked with the Fire/ <br />EMS Safety Committee on departmental inspections, vehicle safety, noise levels of equipment and <br />operations, indoor air quality, and an analysis of on-the-job injuries to Fire/EMS employees. 29 <br />