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<br />s ~ 1~•~ t ~ -i gr - <br />r- <br />_ <br />~ ~ ~ f ' • <br />y, <br />.~ <br />o- <br />-- - <br />.~- - - <br />Disabling Claims <br />Disabling claims are those where the employee missed more than three days of work or due to the injury the <br />employee has suffered impairment . Disabling claims tend to be less frequent than medical only claims but <br />they result in a much higher claim cost as reflected in the table below. <br /> <br />~~~ <br />i <br />POLICE DEPARTMENT WORKERS' COMPENSATION CLAIMS <br />- # of Disabling % of Total Cost of Disabling % of Total <br />~ arc. - Claims Claims Claims Cost <br />~ <br />_ <br />~, _ ~ti..~'-, FY03 11 20% $103,028 81% <br />~ ~ FY04 6 14% $ 80,214 59% <br />~1I FY05 7 12% $ 41,314 51% <br />~3rr - FY06 10 17% $154,505 77% <br />FY07 13 18% $245,720 79% <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 Employed 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 $17,678 in EAIP funds on behalf of the Police <br />Department. Over the last five fiscal years a total of $97,149 has been recovered on behalf of Police. <br />Claims Summary by Division <br />The number of claims filed and total claim costs are listed below for those Police divisions that incurred claims <br />in FY07. <br />ADMINISTRATION/OPERATIONS SUPPORT: There was one claim filed by an Administration/Operations Support <br />employee. in FY07 which continues to be the average number of claims filed. The average claims cost over the <br />five year reporting period is $911. <br />P -~' ~ n <br />INVESTIGATIONS: Investigations employees reduced their number of claims to <br />five in FY07. None of the claims were disabling and they have all been closed. The <br />total claims cost for FY07 was $8,193. The five year average claims cost for <br />Investigations is $13,014. ~~ ~~,y;~-~~.~~ <br />r -. <br />,r n ~ti~ j,~ `- ~ r u _. <br />PATROL: Patrol employees filed 64 claims in FY07 for a total claims cost of ~,~~~ ~ `y', ~t l.~`~~~~ <br />$298,381 which is an increase of 39% over the total for FY06. Of the 64 Patrol ~'' <br />claims only 10 were disabling. Eight of those claims incurred over $10,000 and <br />account for 77% of the total claims cost. <br />TECHNICAL SERVICES: There were two claims filed by Technical Services <br />employees in FY07 for a total claims cost of $1,325. !f' ~~T , ,f <br />4 <br />