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| Top five accident types 2002-2006 | |
| Ergonomics (MSI) |
20%
|
| Struck by object |
16%
|
| Fall to lower level |
13%
|
| Fall on same level |
11%
|
| Caught in |
6%
|
|
Year
|
# STD/LTD/FTL Claims
|
Claim Costs Paid |
Total Work
Days Lost |
Injury Rate per 100 person-years
|
# Serious Injury Claims
|
# Fatal Claims
|
|
2002
|
716
|
$8,297
|
47,680
|
3.6
|
32
|
6
|
|
2003
|
795
|
$7,874
|
41,647
|
3.7
|
37
|
6
|
|
2004
|
729
|
$9,211
|
40,979
|
3.5
|
38
|
1
|
|
2005
|
745
|
$8,963
|
42,349
|
3.4
|
33
|
3
|
|
2006
|
701
|
$9,188
|
37,163
|
3.5
|
40
|
3
|
|
2002-2006
Total |
3,686
|
$43,533
|
209,818
|
3.6 (avg.) |
180
|
19
|
Go to the Terms of Reference for explanations of the terms used in this table.
Agriculture Industry statistics refer to the 27 Classification Units in subsector 7010 - Agriculture.
| Top five injury types, 2002-2006 | |
| Sprains, strains, tears |
42%
|
| Fractures |
15%
|
| Bruises, contusions |
11%
|
| Cuts, lacerations |
9%
|
| Inflammation |
3%
|
The Injury Rate for Agriculture remains slightly higher than the Injury Rate for all BC industries combined. Between 2002 and 2006, the Injury Rate for Agriculture decreased by 3%, a similar decrease to that of the All-BC Injury Rate.
The average STD Duration between 2002 and 2006 for the Agriculture Industry was 64 days per claim, while the All-BC rate was only 47 days.
|
CU
|
CU Name
|
# Claims
|
% Claims
|
| 701018 | Ornamental Nursery |
770
|
21%
|
| 701012 | Greenhouse |
682
|
19%
|
| 701008 | Farm Labour Supply or Farm Services |
432
|
12%
|
| 701022 | Ranch |
289
|
8%
|
| 701005 | Dairy Farming |
234
|
6%
|
| 701017 | Orchard |
212
|
6%
|
| 701025 | Vegetable Farming |
182
|
5%
|
| 701020 | Poultry Farming |
125
|
3%
|
| 701003 | Berry Farming |
117
|
3%
|
| 701023 | Horse Ranching, Raising, and Breeding |
113
|
3%
|
| 701016 | White Mushroom Farming |
111
|
3%
|
| 701021 | Poultry Hatching |
68
|
2%
|
| 701019 | Poultry Catching |
58
|
2%
|
| 701009 | Feed Lot or Stockyard |
39
|
1%
|
| 701014 | Hog Farming |
35
|
1%
|
| 701026 | Vineyard |
34
|
1%
|
| 701010 | Fur Bearing Animal Farming |
32
|
1%
|
| 701004 | Composting |
27
|
1%
|
| 701006 | Egg Farming |
25
|
1%
|
| 701011 | Grain Farming |
18
|
0%
|
| 701013 | Hay or Seed Farming |
17
|
0%
|
| 701024 | Sod or Turf Nursery |
17
|
0%
|
| 701002 | Apiary |
15
|
0%
|
| 701001 | Artificial Insemination, Animal Breeding |
12
|
0%
|
| 701007 | Exotic Poultry Farming |
12
|
0%
|
| 701027 | Wild Plant Harvesting |
10
|
0%
|
|
7010
|
3,686
|
100%
|
The top three CU's (Ornamental Nurseries, Greenhouses, and Farm Labour Services) account for half of the claims in the Agriculture Subsector.
* On the above Typical Claimant summary, each claim characteristic type (e.g. Occupation, Accident Type, etc.) is summarized by the most common claim characteristics during the five year period, independent of the other claim characteristics types.

* Between 2001 and 2005, there were 183 Serious Injuries* in the Agriculture Subsector of which a significant majority were serious fractures.
|
CU
|
CU Description
|
Current Number of Active Employers (2005)
|
#STD/LTD/FTLClaims (Average per year)
|
Total Work Days Lost (Avg. per year)
|
Claims Costs Paid (Avg. per year)
|
| 701001 | Artificial Insemination or Animal Breeding |
28
|
3
|
353
|
$79,953
|
| 701002 | Apiary |
27
|
3
|
119
|
$10,100
|
| 701003 | Berry Farming |
414
|
23
|
1,693
|
$224,873
|
| 701004 | Composting |
28
|
8
|
193
|
$22,318
|
| 701005 | Dairy Farming |
592
|
48
|
3,502
|
$938,064
|
| 701006 | Egg Farming |
92
|
5
|
240
|
$28,542
|
| 701007 | Exotic Poultry Farming |
3
|
3
|
128
|
$24,815
|
| 701008 | Farm Labour Supply or Farm Services |
154
|
90
|
8,118
|
$964,239
|
| 701009 | Feed Lot or Stockyard |
27
|
8
|
425
|
$93,755
|
| 701010 | Fur Bearing Animal Farming |
16
|
7
|
367
|
$144,555
|
| 701011 | Grain Farming |
99
|
4
|
442
|
$172,198
|
| 701012 | Wholesale/Retail Nursery |
274
|
133
|
5,382
|
$978,334
|
| 701013 | Hay or Seed Farming |
229
|
3
|
311
|
$140,895
|
| 701014 | Hog Farming |
48
|
8
|
391
|
$139,138
|
| 701015 | Hunting or Trapping |
13
|
0
|
0
|
$41
|
| 701016 | White Mushroom Farming |
51
|
24
|
2,829
|
$491,805
|
| 701017 | Orchard |
832
|
45
|
3,363
|
$516,792
|
| 701018 | Ornamental Nursery |
333
|
160
|
5,235
|
$921,121
|
| 701019 | Poultry Catching |
10
|
13
|
266
|
$30,095
|
| 701020 | Poultry Farming |
300
|
24
|
1,281
|
$278,643
|
| 701021 | Poultry Hatchery |
10
|
14
|
318
|
$37,872
|
| 701022 | Ranch |
958
|
58
|
3,803
|
$1,489,704
|
| 701023 | Riding Academy or Boarding or Raising Horses |
291
|
26
|
2,416
|
$373,934
|
| 701024 | Sod or Turf Nursery |
23
|
3
|
232
|
$19,932
|
| 701025 | Vegetable Farming |
291
|
39
|
2,203
|
$371,563
|
| 701026 | Vineyard |
130
|
6
|
247
|
35,061
|
| 701027 | Wild Plant Harvesting |
17
|
3
|
449
|
$98,190
|
#STD/LTD/FTL Claims: A claim is counted as a short term disability (STD), long term disability (LTD), or fatality if the claim had the first short term disability (STD) benefit, long term disability (LTD) benefit, or survivor benefit (fatal reserve set or cash award) made in the year, regardless of the year of injury.
Claim Cost Paid: Total health care payments, short term disability (STD) payments, vocational rehabilitation payments, long term disability (LTD) reserves and one-time cash awards, and survivor benefit reserves and one-time cash awards charged in the year regardless of year of injury.
Total Work Days Lost: Total short term disability (STD) days and rehabilitation income continuity (code R) days paid in the year regardless of year of injury.
Injury Rate: The number of Non-HCO claims per one hundred Person Years -- shows the rate of injuries. Please note that Injury Rates calculated to one decimal point at a CU level are not normally quoted due to the following: (1) Person Years are estimates and are based on estimates of Assessable Payroll; (2) at a CU level, Person Years are further reduced and claims volume are lower compared to a Subsector level. As a result, calculations are subject to variability, hence affecting specific levels of precision in such rates. Figures rounded to the closest whole number may provide a more meaningful indicator of the Injury Rate at a CU level.
Person Years: Estimated number of employed full time equivalents (FTEs) based on Assessable Payroll and StatsCan data. The estimates of person-years have less accuracy than the nearest whole number to which they are shown. They should be rounded before being quoted.
Serious Injury Claims: The number of short term disability (STD) and long term disability (LTD) claims coded with an ICD9 medical diagnosis that indicates serious injury. Serious injury claims include major fractures (e.g. skull, spine, pelvis, multiple fractures, etc.), amputations, 3rd degree burns, serious eye injuries, and other serious spinal, head or crushing injuries that are based on 165 medical diagnosis type ICD9 codes. The Serious injury criteria, which is based on selective ICD9 medical diagnosis codes, has been developed by Risk Management and involved consultation and discussion with key client user groups on its methodology, definition, and operational/business applications.
# Fatal Claims: Number of claims for which a first survivor benefit (fatal reserve or cash award) was awarded in the year, regardless of the year of injury.
Accident Type: Accident Type is a classification of an accident or exposure that describes the manner in which the injury or disease was produced or inflicted.
Nature of Injury: Nature of Injury is a classification of the injury or illness in terms of its principal physical characteristics.
# Employers: The estimated number of employers within each year is based on the number of employers with greater than zero Person Years in the given year. A multi-classification employer will be counted once for each of its classifications that are included in the selection criteria. (Derived from # Person Years).
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