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Statistics for Forestry
Non-HCO Claims, Serious Injury Claims, Person Years, and Harvest Volume Billed by Scale Year 2000-2010
- After a slowdown through 2009, an increase in forestry harvesting activity in 2010 is reflected in both harvest volume and Person Years.
- Non-HCO Claim and Serious Injury Claim volumes increased in 2010 following decreases through 2009.
Injury Rate and Serious Injury Rate for Forestry-Related CUs 2000-2010
- The forestry injury rate dropped 22% over the last five years, inclusive of an increase in 2010. The overall BC provincial injury rate dropped approximately 27% during the same period.
- Between 2006 and 2010, estimated employment in forestry decreased almost 30% and the number of employers in forestry registered with WorksafeBC were down 28%.
- Following decreases in harvesting activity through 2009, the coastal regional districts observed an increase in activity in 2010. Non-HCO claims and Serious Injury claims volume in Coastal Regional Districts also experienced increases in 2010 following decreases between 2007 and 2009.
- Following decreases in harvesting activity through 2009, the Interior or North Regional Districts observed an increase in activity in 2010. Non-HCO claims and Serious Injury claims volume in Interior or North Regional Districts also experienced increases in 2010 following decreases through 2009.
Non-HCO Claims for Forestry-Related CUs by Accident Type-Source of Injury Combination 2000-2010
- The Other category reflects other combinations and includes, but is not limited to: Overexertion - Hand Tools, Repetitive Motion - Bodily Motion, and Struck By - Hand Tools, among other combinations.
- The Other category reflects other combinations and includes, but is not limited to: MVAs - Vehicles (Coast), Struck By - Power Tools, Struck By - Hand Tools, Repetitive Motion - Bodily Motion, and Overexertion - Hand Tools, among other combinations.
Fatal Claims Accepted 2000-2010
| Regional District Grouping | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2000-2010 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coast Regional Districts | 10 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 83 |
| Interior or North Regional Districts | 9 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 79 |
| Disease With Exposures In Multiple Regions | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | |||||
| Unknown or Uncoded Regional District | 1 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 23 | ||
| Total | 20 | 28 | 26 | 15 | 12 | 34 | 15 | 10 | 21 | 6 | 5 | 192 |
- The accepted fatal claim count in forestry-related CUs YTD September 2011 is 7.
Data Source: BIA Data Mart as of September 2011
- The Other category reflects other combinations and includes, but is not limited to: Struck By - Vehicles, Caught In - Machines, and Struck By - Machines, among other combinations.
- Note that the 8 fatal claims accepted in the Public Transportation - Vehicles category relate to plane and helicopter crashes.
Note that these charts by Regional District Group do not reflect fatal claims accepted for disease with exposures in multiple regions (4 claims).
Employer-CU Counts and Non-HCO Claim Counts by POP Payroll or Person Year Size Category
- Less than 200 employer-CUs are deemed medium/large-size employers in 2010 (i.e. with 20+ Person Years).
Statistics: Terms of Reference
- 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.
- Please note that CU 703019 (Helicopter Logging) was created and added to Subsector 7030 (Forestry) effective January 1, 2006, and expired CU 732043 (Helicopter Logging) is included in the historical figures. CU 764040 (Marine Salvage, Marine Log Salvage, or Marine Garbage Collection) and CU 703018 (Marine Log Salvage) were made inactive effective December 31, 2004 and December 31, 2009, respectively, and are included in the historical figures for CU 703009 (Log Booming or Marine Log Salvage). CU 703001 (Chemical Brushing and Weeding or Chemical Tree Thinning or Spacing) was made inactive effective December 31, 2008, and is included in the historical figures for CU 703002 (Brushing and Weeding or Tree Thinning or Spacing).
- Person Years is an estimate whereby one person-year is the equivalent of one person working all year on either a part-time or full-time basis. Estimates of person year quantities 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, employer-CUs that have POP (personal optional protection) payroll greater than $0 in a given year are shown in a separate category labeled "Emp-CUs With POP Payroll", and are excluded from person year size categories in the year.
- 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.
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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:
- 28 or more days of wage loss paid in the month of injury or three months following
- equivalent health care payments in the same time period
- a fatal claim
- coded with one of 275 selected ICD9 Medical Diagnosis codes
- Injury Rate represents the number of Non-HCO Claims per 100 Person Years.
- 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.
- 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.
- For Non-HCO Claims and Serious Injury Claims, Regional District is based on the accident employer location for the claim, which is not necessarily an indication of the Regional District in which the actual injury occurred. When accident operating location is not coded for a claim, operating location 001 is used with the accident employer id to determine the regional district for a claim. For accepted fatal claims, Regional District is based on the location in which the accident occurred. For the purpose of this summary, Coast includes the following Regional Districts: Squamish-Lillooet, Fraser-Cheam, Central Fraser Valley, Dewdney-Alouette, Greater Vancouver, Sunshine Coast, Powell River, Mount Waddingtion (Queen Charlotte Straights), Skeena-Queen Charlotte, Kitimat-Stikine, Capital (Victoria-Saanich), Cowichan Valley, Nanaimo, Alberni-Clayoquot, Comox-Strathcona, and Ocean Falls (Central Coast). For the purpose of this summary, Interior or North includes the following Regional Districts: East Kootenay, Central Kootenay, Okanagan-Similkameen, Columbia-Shuswap, North Okanagan, Central Okanagan, Thompson-Nicola, Cariboo, Bulkley-Nechako, Fraser-Fort George, Kootenay-Boundary, Peace River-Liard, and Stikine.
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