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Supervisors Audio Forum February 11, 2009

Preventing the next accident, saving the next victim. Supervisors Audio Forum February 11, 2009. Definitions. SHARE: The Safety , Health and Return to Employment (SHARE) initiative is a Presidential initiative that requires all federal agencies reduce their accident rates by 3% each year.

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Supervisors Audio Forum February 11, 2009

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  1. Preventing the next accident, saving the next victim Supervisors Audio ForumFebruary 11, 2009

  2. Definitions • SHARE: The Safety, Health and Return to Employment (SHARE) initiative is a Presidential initiative that requires all federal agencies reduce their accident rates by 3% each year. • Lost Time Case Rate (LTCR): The LTCR measures the severity of BLM employee injuries and illnesses, per 100 employees. Lost Time Cases are severe enough that an employee cannot return to work the day after the incident. • Total Case Rate: The TCR measures the frequency of BLM employee injuries and illnesses, per 100 employees. Only injuries and illnesses that require more than first aid treatment are reflected in this rate. • Recordable Injury Rate: Recordable injuries are injuries which require treatment beyond first aid, and/or result in days away from work. • Continuation of Pay (COP): COP is the payment made to an injured employee who cannot come back to work for the first 45 calendar days after an injury. • FTSP: Full Time Safety Professional • FTE: Full Time Equivalent

  3. SHARE Lost Time Case Rates BLS Figures The Lost Time Case Rate measures the severity of BLM employee injuries and illnesses, per 100 employees. Lost Time Cases are severe enough that an employee cannot return to work the day after the incident.

  4. SHARE Total Case Rates BLS Figures The Total Case Rate measures the frequency of BLM employee injuries and illnesses, per 100 employees. Only injuries and illnesses that require more than first aid treatment are reflected in this rate.

  5. How do we compare to other bureaus and agencies? BLS Figures In FY 2008, BLM’s Lost Time Case Rate (LTCR) was lower than the DOI’s, and also slightly lower than the average LTCR for Federal Agencies. BLM’s TCR, however, was higher than both DOI’s TCR and the average TCR for Federal Agencies. Note: All figures in the above table come directly from the OSHA SHARE website, and are based on BLS data. SMIS also independently calculates SHARE rates, which vary slightly from OSHA’s rates. Unless otherwise indicated (as above), all figures in this data abstract were generated in SMIS. *SMIS’ FY 08 LTCR calculation: 1.72 **SMIS’ FY 08 Total Case Rate calculation: 8.42

  6. Wyoming

  7. Idaho Recordable Rates

  8. SHARE Total Case Rate by State

  9. Property Damage

  10. Direct Costs Indirect / Hidden Costs Cost of Accidents - Lost Resources • Medical Payments • Continuation of Pay (COP) • Property Damage • Compensation Payments (OWCP) • Insurance companies estimate that for every dollar in direct costs, 2-4 dollars in indirect costs occur: • Cleanup costs associated with accident • Lost time of supervisor • Lost time of Admin/HR staff • Time for hiring new employee • Training and relocation costs of new employee • Cost of OT to backfill critical services • Decreased productivity due to lower morale

  11. Who was injured?

  12. Injury Breakout by Age • SMIS collects data for specific ages, but not for cohorts. For example, it can tell you that 25 year olds were injured more than any other workers in FY 2008, but it cannot tell you which groups (people in their 30s, 40s, etc) experienced the most accidents. • I have created 5 year cohorts starting from age 18 in order to track accident trends in a more meaningful way.

  13. Injury Breakout by Age (FY 2008)

  14. Top 5 Injuries by Typein FY 2008 Slips, trips and falls continued to be the most common type of injury in BLM.

  15. Top 5 Injuries by Body Partin FY 2008 • For the fourth straight year the most frequently injured body part was the knee, followed by the lower back • Roughly one third of all injuries were knee injuries.

  16. Injury Summary To answer your question of who will likely be the next victim… • Average age: In their 20s • Occupation: Range Technician • Type of injury: Slip, trip or fall • Body part injured: Single knee • Recommendations: use the buddy system to coach new employees • Provide risk assessments during new employee orientation

  17. When do most injuries occur?

  18. Number of Injury Cases by Quarter

  19. Number of Recordable Injury Cases by Quarter

  20. Recommendations • Watch for signs of fatigue by end of field season, especially among firefighters • Program for more work earlier in the year to avoid end-0f-year rush to complete projects • Barrier – availability of funding when CR is in use

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