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Statistics for Wood Products Manufacturing

Wood Products Manufacturing Claims Characteristics 2004-2008

Claims by accident type for Wood products manufacturing. Overexertion 20.6%; Struck by object 19.0%; Struck against object 10.8%; Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects 10.1%; Bodily reaction 6.4% Other 33.1%

Wood products manufacturing (Subsector 7140) - Claims by accident type 2004-2008
Accident Type  
Overexertion 20.6%
Struck by object 19.0%
Struck against object 10.8%
Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects 10.1%
Bodily reaction 6.4%
Other 33.1%

Injury rate comparisons for the Wood products manufacturing, all BC, and manufacturing for 2004 to 2008

Wood products manufacturing (Subsector 7140) - Injury rate comparison 2004-2008
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Wood products manufacturing 4.3 4.2 4.2 4.1 3.9
Manufacturing sector 4.9 5.0 5.1 5.0 4.6
All BC industries 3.06 3.08 3.12 3.06 2.96
Wood products manufacturing (Subsector 7140) - Mechanisms of injury overview 2004-2008
Type #Non-HCO Claims # Non-HCO Claims% of Total #Serious Injury Claims* % of Serious Injury Claims Total Average STD Duration
MSI/Ergonomics 4,814 30% 1,423 31% 53.6
Safeguarding or Lockout 4,405 27% 1,689 39% 42
Slips, Trips and Falls 2,101 13% 782 39% 59.2
Other 4,984 31% 1,500 32% 51.0
Total 16,304 100% 5,394 35% 50.4

 

Chart showing the number of non-HCO claims for the period 2004 to 2008

Type MSI/Ergonomics Safeguarding/Lockout Slips, Trips and Falls Other
# Non-HCO Claims 4,814 4,405 2,101 4,984

 

Chart showing the number of serious injury claims for the period 2004 to 2008

Type MSI/Ergonomics Safeguarding/Lockout Slips, Trips and Falls Other
# Serious Injury Claims 1,423 1,689 782 1,500

Chart showing the average STD duration for the period 2004 to 2008

Type MSI/Ergonomics Safeguarding/Lockout Slips, Trips and Falls Other
Average STD Duration 53.6 42 59.2 51.0

 

Data Source: WorkSafeBC, November 2009.

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Terms of Reference

1 Based on STD/LTD/FTL Claims. These claims represent claims with a first short-term disability, long-term disability or fatal benefit (reserve set or cash award)paid in the period, regardless of the year of injury

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

3 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

4 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.

5 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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