PPE

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PPE

• What Are Workers Concerned About?

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PPE An Overview

• W/C Claims Avg. Claim 13,719.00
• Multiple Body Parts
• Indemnity 10,699.00
• Medical 9,467.00
• TOTAL 20,167.00
• (Source National Council on Compensation
  Insurance Detailed claim Information, 2000-2001)

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Total Injuries In Category

• 139,675
• Source Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) 2003

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Workers Want Comfort

• Companies willing to provide PPE
• Companies expect Compliance to help reduce W/C
  Costs
• Companies Expect Peer-To-Peer Enforcement to be
  Part of Process

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Body

• W/C Claims Avg. claim 13,719.00
• Body Trunk Injuries
• Indemnity 3,287.00
• Medical 4,987.00
• TOTAL 8,247.00

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Body

• Total Injuries in Category 561,603
• Source BLS 2003 (includes injuries to shoulders
  and back)

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Ears

• Workers exposed to a steady noise of 85dB in an 8
  hour day run risk of hearing loss.
• OSHA Requires a Hearing Conservation Program for
  employees that involves testing use of hearing
  protection

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Eyes

• Eye injuries constitute almost half of all head
  injuries (BLS2002)

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Face

• W/C Claims Avg. claim 1,719.00
• FACE
• Indemnity 6,001.00
• Medical 4,819.00
• TOTAL 10,820.00

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FACE Total Injuries In Category

• 561,603
• (Source BLS 2003 including back shoulder)

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FEET/LEGS

• 78,000 injuries (BLS 2001)
• W/C Claims Avg. Claim 13,719.00
• Feet/Toes
• Indemnity 4,319.00
• Medical 3,915.00
• TOTAL 8,234.00

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FEET/LEGS (Cont.)

• Legs
• Indemnity 7,545.00
• Medical 8,214.00
• TOTAL 15,759.00
• (Source National Council on Compensation
  Insurance Detailed Claim Informaiton, 2000-2001)

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Head One of the least injured areas (3.6) they
have the highest claims per W/C costs at
21,222.00

• Avg. W/C cost 13,719.00
• Head
• Indemnity 9,858.00
• Medical 11,645.00
• Neck
• Indemnity 11,645.00
• Medical 9,577.00
• (Source BLS 2003)

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Hand Arm

• W/C Claim Avg. 13,719.00
• Hands, Wrists Fingers
• Indemnity 4,474.00
• Medical 4,909.00
• Total Injuries in Category 355,344

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Hand/Arm (Cont.)

• Arms, Shoulders
• Indemnity 7,556.00
• Medical 7,316.00
• TOTAL 14,873.00
• (Source BLS 2003)