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Statistics for Forestry

Claims by Accident Type (Five Year Average)

Claims by Accident Type; (Five Year Average): Struck by object 22%; Fall on same level 13%; Fall to lower level 11%; Overexertion 9%; Bodily reaction 9%; Other 36%


2003 - 2007 Historical Overview

Historical Overview - Subsector 7030 (Forestry) and CUs 732024 (Log Towing), 732044 (Log Hauling) and 763015 (Forest Management Services) Combined 1,  2
Year Non-HCO Claim Count 3 Serious Injury Claim Count 4 Person Years 5 Injury Rate 6 Serious Injury Rate 7 Serious Injury % 8 STD Duration 9 Fully Reserved Claim Costs Per Claim 10 Accepted Fatal Claims 11
2003 1,755 798 27,100 6.5 2.9 47% 82 - 15
2004 1,729 774 27,500 6.3 2.8 47% 79 - 12
2005 1,707 798 25,700 6.6 3.1 49% 81 - 34
2006 1,475 625 24,000 6.1 2.6 45% 81 - 15
2007 1,422 622 22,800 6.2 2.7 47% 79 - 10

2003 - 2007

8,088 3,617 25,400 6.4
(avg)
2.8
(avg)
47% 81 $30,700 86
2003-2007 - All BC (Rateable CUs Only) 3.1 1.0 32% 46 $12,500  

Notes:

1 Please note that CUs 703018 (Marine Log Salvage) and 703019 (Helicopter Logging) were created and added to Subsector 7030 (Forestry) effective January 1, 2005 and January 1, 2006, respectively. Previous CUs 764040 (Marine Salvage, Marine Log Salvage, or Marine Garbage Collection) and 732043 (Helicopter Logging) were made inactive effective December 31, 2004 and December 31, 2005, respectively, and are also included in the above figures.

2  For the purpose of this summary, forestry-related CUs include those in Subsector 7030 (Forestry) as well as CUs 732024 (Log Towing), 732044 (Log Hauling) and 763015 (Forest Management Services). For some purposes, 'forestry' is taken to include CUs in Subsector 7140 (Wood and Paper Products) as well.

3  A Non-HCO Claim is a claim with a first short term disability (STD) benefit, long term disability (LTD) benefit, or survivor benefit (fatal reserve set or cash award) in the year of injury or in the first three months following the year of injury.

4  4 A Serious Injury Claim is a Non HCO claim first paid in the month of injury or three months following which meets one or more of the conditions:

  1. 28 or more days of wage loss paid in the month of injury or three months following
  2. equivalent health care payments in the same time period
  3. a fatal claim
  4. coded with one of 275 selected ICD9 Medical Diagnosis codes

5 One person-year is the equivalent of 52 paid weeks of employment, whether worked by one individual or several. Estimates of person-years are based on gross payrolls submitted by employers and on matching wage-rate data. In the past, the wage rate data was based on Statistics Canada information published on the 1980 SIC basis. The wage rate data is now primarily based on the wage rates of STD claimants. For the purpose of this summary, estimated person years have been rounded to the nearest 100. Note that a value of zero indicates an estimate less than 50, and that the total for a selected number of CUs may not add to the sum of individual values shown due to rounding.

6  Injury Rate represents the number of Non-HCO Claims per 100 Person Years.

7  Serious Injury Rate reflects the number of Serious Injury Claims in a given year divided by the number of Person Years in a given year, multiplied by 100.

8  Serious Injury % reflects the number of Serious Injury Claims divided by the number of claims that are Non-HCO Claims with an injury in a given month that also have a first short-term disability, long-term disability or fatal benefit in the month of injury or in the 3 months following the month of injury.

9  STD Duration Definition: STD (Short-term Disability) 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 12-month period ending in the reference 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 Duration Calculation: To compute STD Duration for a given reference period, five ratio components are calculated and added together. The first ratio component is the number of days paid in the reference period for STD injuries that occurred in the reference period divided by the number of STD injuries that occurred in the reference period. The second ratio component is the number of days paid in the reference period for STD injuries that occurred in the 12-month period prior to the reference period divided by the number of STD injuries that occurred in the 12-month period prior to the reference period. The third, fourth, and fifth ratio components are computed in a similar manner. An adjustment is made to the sum of the five ratio components in respect of days paid in the reference period for injuries that occurred more than four years prior to the reference period. Days arising from short term disability payments are included in the calculation; days arising from rehabilitation payments are excluded from the calculation.

10 FRCC/Claim reflects the fully reserved claim costs for the identified claims, including total raw past payments and the estimated future liabilities (average actuarial abstract) for the identified claims, divided by the number of identified claims. Identified claims have an injury in the period and a first short-term disability, long-term disability or fatal benefit (reserve set or cash award) paid in any period.

11 Where a fatal claim was transferred from one employer-CU to another, a -1 count is applied against the original employer-CU in the year of transfer and a +1 count is applied against the correct employer-CU in the year of transfer. When an accepted claim is subsequently disallowed in a given year, a -1 count is applied in the year. Where employers have been reclassified into a different CU, the above tables reflect the reclassification retroactively for all years.

Prepared by: Risk Management,November 2008
Source: WorkSafeBC Data Warehouse as of September 2008; Injury Rates for Subsector 7030 and CUs 732024, 732044 and 763015 combined are sourced from Statistical Services as of November 5, 2008; Accepted Fatal Claim counts are sourced from Statistical Services as of October 9, 2008.


Claim Characteristics Based on 2003-2007 Non-HCO Claim Counts

Subsector 7030 (Forestry) and CUs 732024 (Log Towing), 732044 (Log Hauling) and 763015 (Forest Management Services) Combined 1,  2 Selected Claim Characteristics for Non-HCO Claims 3 and Serious Injury Claims 4 - Years of Injury 2003-2007

Top 20 Accident Type - Source of Injury Combinations
Accident Type Source of Injury Non-HCO Claims Serious Injury Claims % of Non-HCO Claims % of Serious Injury Claims
Fall from Elevation Working Surfaces 880 481 11% 13%
Struck By Trees, plants 846 481 10% 13%
Other Bodily Motion Bodily Motion 784 326 10% 9%
MVAs Vehicles 545 286 7% 8%
Fall on Same Level Working Surfaces 531 256 7% 7%
Fall on Same Level Trees, plants 325 113 4% 3%
Repetitive Motion Bodily Motion 249 100 3% 3%
Overexertion Hand Tools 211 80 3% 2%
Fall from Elevation Trees, plants 211 101 3% 3%
Struck By Hand Tools 197 58 2% 2%
Struck By Power Tools 192 83 2% 2%
MVAs Machines 161 89 2% 2%
Struck By Metal items 154 66 2% 2%
Overexertion Metal items 124 50 2% 1%
Public Transportation Vehicles 118 53 1% 1%
Caught In Trees, plants 110 58 1% 2%
Overexertion Trees, plants 108 44 1% 1%
Exposure to Noise Noise 102 0 1% 0%
Struck By Logs, tree products 83 26 1% 1%
Struck By Miscellaneous 83 33 1% 1%
Other 2074 833 26% 23%
Total 8088 3617 100% 100%
Top 20 Nature of Injury - Body Part Injured Combinations
Nature of Injury Body Part Injured Non-HCO Claims Serious Injury Claims % of Non-HCO Claims % of Serious Injury Claims
Back Strain Back 1031 393 13% 11%
Other Strains Knee 784 422 10% 12%
Other Strains Ankle, Toe & Feet 463 142 6% 4%
Other Strains Shoulders 369 197 5% 5%
Laceration Wrist, Fingers & Hand 314 83 4% 2%
Fractures Wrist, Fingers & Hand 290 289 4% 8%
Other Strains Other 290 137 4% 4%
Fractures Ankle, Toe & Feet 205 193 3% 5%
Abrasion Eye 199 11 2% 0%
Concussion Other Head 185 81 2% 2%
Fractures Chest 172 113 2% 3%
Contusion Other Lower Extremity 167 61 2% 2%
Contusion Chest 157 38 2% 1%
Other Strains Neck 147 50 2% 1%
Other Strains Wrist, Fingers & Hand 147 45 2% 1%
Contusion Wrist, Fingers & Hand 145 32 2% 1%
Tendinitis, Tenosynovitis Wrist, Fingers & Hand 127 33 2% 1%
Contusion Other 114 33 1% 1%
Fractures Other Lower Extremity 110 110 1% 3%
Other Strains Other Lower Extremity 103 38 1% 1%
Other 2569 1116 32% 31%
Total 8088 3617 100% 100%
Top 5 Occupations
Occupation Non-HCO Claims Serious Injury Claims % of Non-HCO Claims % of Serious Injury Claims
Faller, Feller - Logging 1059 544 13% 15%
Logging Truck Driver 955 504 12% 14%
Tree Planter - Forestry 583 142 7% 4%
Logging & Forestry Labourers: 443 166 5% 5%
Cable Hooker - Logging (Not Heli-Loggng)Log Hooker - Logging (Not Heli-Logging) 364 194 5% 5%
Other 4684 2067 58% 57%
Total 8088 3617 100% 100%
2003-2007 Non-HCO Claim Counts by Age Category
Age Category Non-HCO Claims Serious Injury Claims % of Non-HCO Claims % of Serious Injury Claims
Age 15-24 Years 1107 326 14% 9%
Age 25-44 Years 4081 1776 50% 49%
Age 45-64 Years 2769 1457 34% 40%
Age 65+ Years 130 58 2% 2%
Other 1 0 0% 0%
Total 8088 3617 100% 100%

Notes:

1 Please note that CUs 703018 (Marine Log Salvage) and 703019 (Helicopter Logging) were created and added to Subsector 7030 (Forestry) effective January 1, 2005 and January 1, 2006, respectively. Previous CUs 764040 (Marine Salvage, Marine Log Salvage, or Marine Garbage Collection) and 732043 (Helicopter Logging) were made inactive effective December 31, 2004 and December 31, 2005, respectively, and are also included in the above figures.

2 For the purpose of this summary, forestry-related CUs include those in Subsector 7030 (Forestry) as well as CUs 732024 (Log Towing), 732044 (Log Hauling) and 763015 (Forest Management Services). For some purposes, 'forestry' is taken to include CUs in Subsector 7140 (Wood and Paper Products) as well.

3 A Non-HCO Claim is a claim with a first short term disability (STD) benefit, long term disability (LTD) benefit, or survivor benefit (fatal reserve set or cash award) in the year of injury or in the first three months following the year of injury.

4 A Serious Injury Claim is a Non HCO claim first paid in the month of injury or three months following which meetsone or more of the conditions:

  1. 28 or more days of wage loss paid in the month of injury or three months following
  2. equivalent health care payments in the same time period
  3. a fatal claim
  4. coded with one of 275 selected ICD9 Medical Diagnosis codes

Prepared by: Risk Management, November 2008
Source: WorkSafeBC Data Warehouse as of September 2008


Historical Summary 2003-2007 by CU

CU CU Description Non-HCO Claims3

Serious Injury Claims4 Person Years5 - Avg. Injury Rate6 Serious Injury Rate7 STD Dur-
ation9
Accepted Fatal Claims10
703001 Chemical Brushing and Weeding or Chemical Tree Thinning or Spacing 43 19 100 15 7 - 0
703002 Brushing and Weeding or Tree Thinning or Spacing 298 125 500 13 5 74 2
703003 Cable or Hi-Lead Logging 208 92 200 18 8 74 5
703004 Dry Land Sort 124 52 400 6 3 83 2
703005 Forest Fire Fighting 83 31 100 11 4 - 0
703006 Ground Skidding, Horse Logging, or Log Loading 370 190 1200 6 3 110 9
703008 Integrated Forest Management 2828 1340 12300 5 2 91 29
703009 Log Booming 78 39 200 9 5 - 0
703011 Log Processing 71 37 600 2 1 - 0
703012 Logging Road Construction or Maintenance 171 78 800 4 2 92 4
703013 Manual Tree Falling and Bucking 980 502 600 33 17 98 11
703014 Mechanized Tree Falling 103 52 800 3 1 - 2
703015 Shake Block Cutting 141 70 100 22 11 - 3
703016 Tree Planting or Cone Picking 737 202 1500 10 3 37 0
703018 Marine Log Salvage 3 2 0 2 1 - 0
703019 Helicopter Logging 144 67 200 14 6 58 1
732024 Log Towing 308 100 400 14 4 57 1
732044 Log Hauling 835 458 2900 6 3 91 16
763015 Forest Management Services 563 161 2400 5 1 41 1
Notes:

1  Please note that CUs 703018 (Marine Log Salvage) and 703019 (Helicopter Logging) were created and added to Subsector 7030 (Forestry) effective January 1, 2005 and January 1, 2006, respectively. Previous CUs 764040 (Marine Salvage, Marine Log Salvage, or Marine Garbage Collection) and 732043 (Helicopter Logging) were made inactive effective December 31, 2004 and December 31, 2005, respectively, and are also included in the above figures.

2  For the purpose of this summary, forestry-related CUs include those in Subsector 7030 (Forestry) as well as CUs 732024 (Log Towing), 732044 (Log Hauling) and 763015 (Forest Management Services). For some purposes, 'forestry' is taken to include CUs in Subsector 7140 (Wood and Paper Products) as well.

3  A Non-HCO Claim is a claim with a first short term disability (STD) benefit, long term disability (LTD) benefit, or survivor benefit (fatal reserve set or cash award) in the year of injury or in the first three months following the year of injury.

4  A Serious Injury Claim is a Non HCO claim first paid in the month of injury or three months following which meets one or more of the conditions:

  1. 28 or more days of wage loss paid in the month of injury or three months following
  2. equivalent health care payments in the same time period
  3. a fatal claim
  4. coded with one of 275 selected ICD9 Medical Diagnosis codes

5  One person-year is the equivalent of 52 paid weeks of employment, whether worked by one individual or several. Estimates of person-years are based on gross payrolls submitted by employers and on matching wage-rate data. In the past, the wage rate data was based on Statistics Canada information published on the 1980 SIC basis. The wage rate data is now primarily based on the wage rates of STD claimants. For the purpose of this summary, estimated person years have been rounded to the nearest 100. Note that a value of zero indicates an estimate less than 50, and that the total for a selected number of CUs may not add to the sum of individual values shown due to rounding.

6  Injury Rate represents the number of Non-HCO Claims per 100 Person Years.

7  Serious Injury Rate reflects the number of Serious Injury Claims in a given year divided by the number of Person Years in a given year, multiplied by 100.

8  Serious Injury % reflects the number of Serious Injury Claims divided by the number of claims that are Non-HCO Claims with an injury in a given month that also have a first short-term disability, long-term disability or fatal benefit in the month of injury or in the 3 months following the month of injury.

9  STD Duration Definition: STD (Short-term Disability) 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 12-month period ending in the reference 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 Duration Calculation: To compute STD Duration for a given reference period, five ratio components are calculated and added together. The first ratio component is the number of days paid in the reference period for STD injuries that occurred in the reference period divided by the number of STD injuries that occurred in the reference period. The second ratio component is the number of days paid in the reference period for STD injuries that occurred in the 12-month period prior to the reference period divided by the number of STD injuries that occurred in the 12-month period prior to the reference period. The third, fourth, and fifth ratio components are computed in a similar manner. An adjustment is made to the sum of the five ratio components in respect of days paid in the reference period for injuries that occurred more than four years prior to the reference period. Days arising from short term disability payments are included in the calculation; days arising from rehabilitation payments are excluded from the calculation.

10  Where a fatal claim was transferred from one employer-CU to another, a -1 count is applied against the original employer-CU in the year of transfer and a +1 count is applied against the correct employer-CU in the year of transfer. When an accepted claim is subsequently disallowed in a given year, a -1 count is applied in the year. Where employers have been reclassified into a different CU, the above tables reflect the reclassification retroactively for all years.

Prepared by: Risk Management, November 2008
Source: WorkSafeBC Data Warehouse as of September 2008; Accepted Fatal Claim counts are sourced from Statistical Services as of October 9, 2008



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