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Statistics for Performing Arts & Film

Motion Picture, Commercial or Television Production | Performing Arts

Motion Picture, Commercial, or Television Production Statistics Overview (2006-2010)

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Year	STD/LTD/ Fatal Claims	Claim Cost Paid* (Mil's)	Work Days Lost*	Injury Rate**	STD Duration (Avg. days lost per claim)	Serious Injuries***	Accepted Fatalities
2006	324	$3.3	17,419	2.2	63	114	2
2007	233	$3.2	12,113	1.7	56	75	0
2008	232	$2.8	9,928	1.9	53	80	0
2009	210	$3.7	14,136	1.8	71	95	0
2010	266	$5.4	19,247	2.4	93	115	0
Total	1,265	$18.4	72,843	2 (Avg.)	67 (Avg.)	479	2
2006 to 2010 % Change	-18%	61%	10%	10%	48%	1%	-100%

* The Claim Cost Paid and Work Days Lost relate to the claims from all years of injury and are not just the results of the given year's claims.

** Per 100 person-years of employment.

** Serious injuries include claims with 28 or more work days paid, health care costs in excess of the equivalent of 28 or more days paid, a fatality, or one of the 275 selected ICD9 codes, and is first-paid within the month of injury or the three months following.

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Injury Rate Trend (2006-2010)

The Injury Rate for Motion Picture, Commercial, or Television Production in 2010 increased by 36.1% since the prior year.

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Claims and Employment Trends (2006-2010)

Estimated FTEs (Person Years) saw a significant decline in 2010. Meanwhile, payroll has decreased by 7.6%.

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STD Duration

	Avg. STD Days per Claim
Motion Picture, Commercial, or Television Production	67
All BC	51

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Occupations (Top 10)

% STD/LTD/Fatal Claims (2006-2010)

Occupation Type	# of Claims	% of Claims
Other technical Occup. in Mot. Pict, Broadcasting, Arts	373	29%
Support and Assisting, Mot. Pict., Broadcasting, Arts	214	17%
Carpenters	188	15%
Actors	86	71%
Truck Drivers	80	6%
Constructive Trades Helpers and Labourers	60	5%
Painters, Sculptors and other Visual Artists	43	3%
Film and Video Crane Operators	31	2%
Delivery Drivers	22	2%
Painters & Decorators	19	2%
Other	149	12%
Total	1,265	100%

 

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Age and Gender

% STD/LTD/Fatal Claims (2006-2010)

Age	Male	% of Claims	Female	% of Claims	Total	Total %
0-14	1	0%	0	0%	1	0%
15-24	46	4%	21	2%	67	5%
25-34	193	15%	48	4%	241	19%
35-44	313	25%	80	6%	393	31%
45-54	309	24%	60	5%	369	29%
55-64	134	11%	24	2%	158	13%
65 +	29	2%	4	0%	33	3%
Total	1,025	81%	237	19%	1,262	100%

Young workers (aged 15-24) represent 5%, while Mature Workers (aged 55+) represent 15% of the total STD/LTD/Fatal Claims. The majority of these claims were made by males.

* There are three claims where the age and gender were uncoded.

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Accident and Injury Types

Accident Types
Claims			Claim Costs			Days Paid
Overexertion	29%		Fall from elevation	31%		Overexertion	27%
Struck by	16%		Overexertion	28%		Fall from elevation	23%
Fall from elevation	15%		Fall on same level	14%		Fall on same level	16%
Fall on same level	12%		Struck by	9%		Struck by	11%
Other bodily motion	10%		Other bodily motion	8%		Other bodily motion	11%
Other	17%		Other	10%		Other	12%
Nature of Injury Types
Claims			Claim Costs			Days Paid
Other strains	37%		Other strains	40%		Other strains	45%
Back strain	19%		Fractures	29%		Fractures	22%
Contusion	10%		Back strain	15%		Back strain	14%
Fractures	10%		Laceration	3%		Contusion	4%
Laceration	9%		Contusion	2%		Laceration	3%
Other	15%		Other	11%		Other	12%

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Other Injury Factors

% STD/LTD/Fatal Claims, 2006-2010

 

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Serious Injury Claims

Between 2006 and 2010 there were 479 Serious Injury Claims* in the Motion Picture, Commercial, or Television Production CU. Serious injuries represent 42% of the claims in the classification unit.

Accident Type			Injury Type
Overexertion	27%		Other strains	37%
Fall from elevation	20%		Fractures	23%
Fall on same level	15%		Back strain	14%
Struck by	14%		Laceration	6%
Other bodily motion	9%		Contusion	6%
Other	15%		Other	14%

Serious injury claim characteristics are generally similar to those of non-serious injuries, although the serious injury claims in this CU are slightly more likely to involve: other strains.

* Serious Injuries include claims with 28 or more work days paid, health care costs in excess of the equivalent of 28 or more days paid, a fatality, or one of 275 selected ICD9 codes, and is first-paid within the month of injury or the three months following.

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Accepted Fatalities

Year Accepted	Occupation	Description
2006	Truck Driver	Worker was struck in the head by an unsecured metal frame of a flatdeck trailer.
2006	Watchman	Motor vehicle accident.

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Base Rates

CU #	CU Description	2008	2009	2010	2011	% Change to 2010 to 2011
763025	Motion Picture, Commercial, or Television	$1.12	$1.13	$1.18	$1.13	-4%

Motion Picture, Commercial, or Television Production base rates decreased by 4% compared to the prior year.

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Motion Picture, Commercial, or Television Production statistics prepared by Business Information and Analysis (BIA), August, 2011

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Performing Arts Statistics Overview (2006-2010)

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Year	STD/LTD/ Fatal Claims	Claim Cost Paid*	Work Days Lost*	Injury Rate**	STD Duration (Avg. days lost per claim)	Serious Injuries***	Accepted Fatalities
2006	7	$74,775	433	0.9	62	7	0
2007	17	$127,894	1,040	1.7	85	12	0
2008	13	$151,274	700	1.1	65	3	0
2009	6	$89,615	846	0.3	107	2	0
2010	16	$138,296	667	1.7	51	8	0
Total	59	$581,854	3,686	1.1 (Avg.)	74 (Avg.)	32	0
2006 to 2010 % Change	129%	85%	54%	87%	-18%	14%	N/A

* The Claim Cost Paid and Work Days Lost relate to the claims from all years of injury and are not just the results of the given year's claims.

** Per 100 person-years of employment.

*** Serious injuries include claims with 28 or more work days paid, health care costs in excess of the equivalent of 28 or more days paid, a fatality, or one of the 275 selected ICD9 codes, and is first-paid within the month of injury or the three months following.

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Injury Rate Trend (2006-2010)

The Injury Rate for Performing Arts CU remains lower than the Injury Rate for all BC CU's combined.

* The above injury rate is based on a small number of claims, therefore the trend may not be reliable.

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Claims and Employment Trends (2006-2010)

Estimated FTEs (Person Years) saw a slight decline in 2010. Meanwhile, payroll has increased by 10.7%.

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STD Duration

	Avg. STD Days per Claim
Performing Arts	74
All BC	51

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Occupations (Top 10)

% STD/LTD/Fatal Claims (2006-2010)

Occupation Type	# of Claims	% of Claims
Material Handlers	7	12%
Conference & Event Planners	6	11%
Construction Trades Helpers & Labourers	6	11%
Security Guards & Related Occupations	4	7%
Theatre, Fashion, Exhibit & Other Creative Design	2	4%
Carpenters	2	4%
Residential & Commercial Installers & Servicers	2	4%
Janitors, Caretakers & Building Superintendents	2	4%
Attendants in Amusement, Recreation & Sport	2	4%
Heavy Equipment Operators (Except Crane)	2	4%
Other	22	39%
Total	57	100%

 

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Age and Gender

% STD/LTD/Fatal Claims (2006-2010)

Age	Male	% of Claims	Female	% of Claims	Total	Total %
0-14	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%
15-24	6	11%	4	7%	10	18%
25-34	8	14%	8	14%	16	28%
35-44	10	18%	8	14%	18	32%
45-54	6	11%	2	4%	8	14%
55-64	2	4%	3	5%	5	9%
65 +	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%
Total	32	56%	25	44%	57	100%

Young workers (aged 15-24) represent 18%, while Mature Workers (aged 55+) represent 9% of the total STD/LTD/Fatal Claims. The majority of these claims were made by males.

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Accident and Injury Types

Accident Types
Claims			Claim Costs			Days Paid
Other bodily motion	27%		Other bodily motion	22%		Other bodily motion	23%
Overexertion	14%		MVIs	17%		Exposure to noise	16%
Struck by	14%		Repetitive motion	12%		Overexertion	14%
MVIs	12%		Fall from elevation	11%		MVIs	14%
Fall from elevation	10%		Unknown mapped code	10%		Fall from elevation	11%
Other	24%		Other	29%		Other	23%
Nature of Injury Types
Claims			Claim Costs			Days Paid
Other strains	49%		Other strains	26%		Other strains	30%
Fractures	15%		Dislocation	18%		Hearing loss	16%
Back strain	7%		Uknown mapped code	10%		Fractures	15%
Concussion	7%		Tendinitis, Tenosynovitis	9%		Back strain	12%
Contusion	5%		Fractures	8%		Concussion	8%
Other	17%		Other	29%		Other	18%

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Other Injury Factors

% STD/LTD/Fatal Claims, 2006-2010

 

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Serious Injury Claims

Between 2006 and 2010 there were 32 Serious Injury Claims* in the Performing Arts CU. Serious injuries represent 68% of the claims in the classification unit.

Accident Type			Injury Type
Fall on same level	30%		Fractures	45%
Fall from elevation	25%		Other strains	30%
Struck by	15%		Laceration	10%
Overexertion	10%		Other injuries	5%
Other bodily motion	10%		Tendinitis, Tenosynovitis	5%
Other	10%		Other	5%

Serious injury claim characteristics are generally similar to those of non-serious injuries, although the serious injury claims in this CU are slightly more likely to involve: fall on same level, fall from elevation, fractures.

* Serious Injuries include claims with 28 or more work days paid, health care costs in excess of the equivalent of 28 or more days paid, a fatality, or one of 275 selected ICD9 codes, and is first-paid within the month of injury or the three months following.

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Base Rates

CU #	CU Description	2008	2009	2010	2011	% Change to 2010 to 2011
761030	Performing Arts	$0.51	$0.56	$0.60	$0.61	2%

Performing Arts base rates increased by 2% compared to the prior year.

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Performing Arts statistics prepared by Business Information and Analysis (BIA), August, 2011

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Definitions

% Serious Injury Claims: The percentage of STD, LTD, and Fatal claims that are considered to be a Serious Injury. Calculated as the number of Serious Injury Claims divided by the number of Non-Health Care Only claims first-paid in the month of injury or in the following three months.

Accident Type: The accident or exposure that describes the manner in which the injury or disease was produced or inflicted by the identified source of injury or disease. (Mapped coding level).

Age Range: The injured worker's age group as of the time of injury. Child workers are aged under 15. Young Workers are aged 15 to 24. General workers are between 25 and 54. Mature Workers are older than 55.

Assessable Payroll: The amount of payroll used in computing an employer's assessment amount in a given classification unit (CU), summoned for all Employer-CUs in the report selection criteria.

Assessment Amount: The amount of assessment an employer will pay as a result of being assessed at the Net Rate (i.e. with consideration of the experience rating and/or transitioning), summed for all Employer-CUs in the report selection criteria.

Body Part: The body part of bodily system, directly affected by an injury or disease identified in the nature of injury classification. (Mapped coding level.)

Claim Cost Paid: The sum of all health-care (HC ) payments, short term disability (STD) payments, vocational rehabilitation (VR) 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 the year of injury.

Classification Unit (CU): is the lowest level of industry grouping used by the WorkSafeBC.

Employer Count: A count of the number of employers with Person Years greater than zero in the given year. A multi-classification employer will be counted for each of the CUs that are included in the report selection criteria.

Fatal Claims Accepted: The number of claims accepted for survivor benefits. Claims are counted based on the date of a first fatal benefit (reserve set or cash awards), regardless of the year of injury. Statistical Services is the source for these counts. Where a fatal claim has been transferred from one CU to another in a year following the year it was originally accepted, there is a +1 count in the new CU in the year-month of transfer and a-1 count in respect of that fatal claim in the year-month it was disallowed.

First-Paid LTD claims: The number of claims with long-term disability costs (LTD reserve or a cash award) where the first LTD payment date is within the year. Claims may have payments under other benefit types.

Injury Rate: The number of non-health care only claims per 100 person-years of covered employment, where 100 person-years is the equivalent of 100 full-time & part-time employees working in the year.

Mature Worker Claims: The number of STD/LTD/Fatal Claims where the worker is aged 55 or older at the time of injury.

Nature of Injury: The injury or illness in terms of its principal physical characteristics. (Mapped coding level)

Non-HCO Claims (Time Loss Claims): The number of claims with costs related to at least one of the following benefits types: short-term disability benefits (STD), long-term disability benefits (LTD), or survivor (Fatal) benefits and where the first STD/LTD/Fatal payment date is within the year of injury or the three months following the year of injury.

Occupation: The collection of jobs, sufficiently similar in work performed to be grouped under a common title for classification purposes. (Statistics Canada's SOC91 coding level.)

Person Years: The estimated number of persons working all year on either a part-time or fulll-time basis. Estimates of person year quantities are based on gross payrolls submitted by employers and on matching wage-rate data. (Note: Person Years is not available for some Fishing CUs.)

Serious Injury Claims: The number of claims with a first Short Term Disability (STD), Long Term Disability (LTD), or Fatal payment in the month of injury or the three months following the month of injury AND where at least one of the following is met: (a) long duration (wage-loss in the period of 28 or more days); (b) high health-care costs (costs in the period equivalent to 28 or more days of wage-loss); (c) fatality (fatal benefit payment in the period); (d) serious medical diagnosis (one of 275 selected ICD9 codes).

Serious Injury Rate: The number of Serious Injury Claims per 100 person-years of covered employment, where 100 person-years is the equivalent of 100 full-time & part-time employees working in the year.

Source of Injury: The object, substance, exposure, or bodily motion that directly produced, transmitted, or inflicted the injury or illness previously identified. (Mapped coding level)

STD (Short-term Disability) Duration: STD Duration represents an estimate of the average number of STD Days paid for each STD claim. It is calculated according to the methodology developed by the Association of Workers' Compensation Boards of Canada (AWCBC), and is based on all STD days paid in the year including days lost on injuries that occurred prior to the start of the 12-month period. Days arising from rehabilitation payments are excluded from the calculation.

STD/LTD/Fatal (SLF) Claims: The number of claims with costs related to at least one of the following benefits types: short-term disability benefits (STD), long-term disability benefits (LTD), or survivor benefits (Fatal) and where the first STD/LTD/Fatal payment date is within the year.

Work Days Lost: The total number of short-term disability (STD) work days paid in the year regardless of the year of injury. (Days arising from rehabilitation payments are excluded.)

Young Worker Claims: The number of STD/LTD/Fatal Claims where the worker is aged between 15 and 24 at the time of injury.

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