Federal Employees’ Compensation Act (FECA)Committee Meeting Welcome Second Semi Annual FECA Committee Meeting For FY2013

FECA Topics Injury by category/type/location Injury by category/type/location Review injury claims and trend analysis Review injury claims and trend analysis Briefly Discuss Timely Filing Briefly Discuss Timely Filing Chargeback and Cost Analysis Chargeback and Cost Analysis

Federal Employees’ Compensation Act (FECA) Committee Meeting Injury Reporting Analysis

Injury Report Jan Dec 2012 In Jan 2012-Dec 2012 there were 54 new injury claims We will focus to identify trends Report Army Injuries by Organization Report Air Injuries by Organization

Injury Report Jan Dec 2012 Army MSC Organizations 64 th Troop Command- Zero Injuries 32d IBCT- Zero Injuries 157 th MEB- Zero Injuries 426 th REG- Zero Injuries

Injury Report Jan Dec 2012 Army MSC Organizations JFHQ- 3 Injuries Injuries How Knee Injury ( Running on treadmill) Ankle Sprain ( Playing volleyball) Hip Injury ( Running perform physical fitness)

Injury Report Jan Dec 2012 Army Activities Organizational Maint USPFO- 1 Injury Injury How Finger Injury (Moving equipment slipped from hand, item fell onto finger). CSMS- 10 Injuries Injury How Knee Injury (Kneeling to inspect a vehicle) Lower Back (Lifting Engine Cylinder)

Injury Report Jan Dec 2012 Army Activities Organizational Maint CSMS – Cont. Injury How Lower Back (Lying on creeper when it dropped) Bruised Neck, Head Contusion (Performing Maint. Fell from 5 ton truck) Bruised Foot (Leaning on pole, it broke landing on foot)

Injury Report Jan Dec 2012 Army Activities Organizational Maint CSMS-Cont. InjuryHow Tightness of Chest (Running during hot weather) Lower Back (Working on LMTV, reaching for fuel tank pulled lower back) Lt Knee Sprain (While running on treadmill performed sudden movement) Lower Back (While moving heavy metal tailstock on lathe) Broken Finger Lt Hand (While moving heavy metal plate to cart pinched finger)

Injury Report Jan Dec 2012 Army Activities Organizational Maint MATES-3 Injuries Injury How Foot Injury (Squatting to attach line slipped forward and hit heel) Lower Back (Twisted while moving heavy container) Pinky Finger(Pinched between barriers when unloading from commercial carrier) FMS# 3- No Injuries, FMS#5- No Injuries, FMS# 9- No Injuries, FMS#13- No Injuries,

Injury Report Jan Dec 2012 Army Activities Organizational Maint FMS#6- 1 Injury Injury How Foreign Body in Finger (While moving transmission from pallet) FMS#7- 1 Injury Injury How Cut Middle Fingers(Struck by hammer by co- worker taking apart axle)

Injury Report Jan Dec 2012 Army Activities Organizational Maint FMS#8- 3 Injuries InjuryHow Cut Finger(Drilling hole in a piece of equipment and missed hitting finger) Pain To Hands/Wrist(Using torque wrench on wheel M969A1causedpain) Pain To Hands/WristTorque while servicing trailer using impac wrench caused pain) FMS#10- 1 Injury InjuryHow Head Injury(Hit head on wall playing basketball)

Injury Report Jan Dec 2012 Army Activities Organizational Maint FMS#12- 3Injuries InjuryHow Cut Eye Lid(Installing spring and lost control of it) Swollen Ankle(Re-aggrevated while running) Eye Injury(Received metal particles from grinding wheel SM was using PPE) FMS#14- 1 Injury Injury How Laceration middle finger (While using oil filter crusher)

Injury Report Jan Dec 2012 Army Activities Organizational Maint AASF#1- 2 Injuries Injury How Chipped two teeth (Leaned into maintenance stand face first) Snipped two fingers (Adjusting shearing blades) AASF#2- 1 Injury Injury How Knee Pain (Running on treadmill exertion )

Injury Report Jan Dec 2012 Wisconsin Youth Challenge Academy Challenge Academy- 5 Injuries Injury How Eye (Hit eye on bed frame) Nose (Hit by moving wall locker) Ankle/Heel (Blistered/ bruised by boots) Finger Dislocation (Performing physical fitness) Wrist Sprain (Slipped/fell on wrist) This concludes Army Injuries for this reporting period

Injury Report Jan Dec 2012 WIANG Organizations 115FW- 12 Injuries Injury How Eyes and Skin (Removing panel sprayed by fuel) Chemical Exposure (F-16 sprayed poisonous gas) Lower Back (Attempt to release fuel tank valve) Hand Laceration (Moving wooden podium to dumpster) Knee Injury (Hit knee on canopy crate while move) Wrist/Arm Injury (Removing split rim from tire) Chemical Exposure (F-16 sprayed poisonous gas) Head Injury (Hit head on missile on aircraft)

Injury Report Jan Dec 2012 WIANG Organizations 115FW- Cont. Injuries Injury How Eye Injury (Using grinding wheel recv particles while using PPE) Wrist/ Fingers Injured (Fall from aircraft maint stand) Laceration Fingers (Coil return from air hose hit fingers) Lower Back (Moving aircraft generator manually) 128ACS- No Injuries

Injury Report Jan Dec ARW-7 Injuries Injury How Back Injury(Moving in small space on aircraft) Back Injury(Chair dropped/ fell fwd) Shoulder (Working in small space under truck) Hamstring Pull (Running on treadmill, due to exertion) Back Injury(While moving dunnage pulled back) Back Injury (While performing maint of fuel tanker moving on wing, kneeling, crawling, standing) Knee Injury ( Slipped and fell on wet hangar floor)

Injury Report Jan Dec 2012 Totals Army Total 35 Claims Reported Air Total 19 Claims Reported Grand Total = 54

Injury Report Jan Dec 2012 Trends Suggest  Multiple Back Injuries, Head Injuries, Eye Injuries, Laceration of fingers, and Hand/Wrist Injuries.  The need for more prevention/awareness to hazards in the workplace.  Emphasis on safety training within the workplace

Standards for Timely Filing Claim  Traumatic Injury- Reported on electronic injury form CA-1 within 30 days of the injury Occupational Disease- Reported on electronic injury form CA-2 within 30 days of the injury Time starts when the supervisor is notified!

Timely Filing Last FECA Council Observation: Jan Dec 2011 timely filing wasn’t an issue with only 3 claims identified as untimely out of 48 claims filed! Jan Dec 2012 to date we have 54 new injury claims and only 2 were filed untimely. That is awesome!!!

Cost Analysis Chargeback FECA Program is financed by the Employees’ Compensation Fund Cost derives from previous year injury claims, death claims, temporarily disable, or daily rolls, permanent disable or period rolls. Cost of compensation for work related injuries are charged annually at the end of fiscal accounting period July to June OWCP furnishes each agency with a statement of payments made to the fund. OWCP provides a listing of the cases and charges on the yearly chargeback bill

Cost Analysis

QTR 4 of Year 2011 VS QTR 4 of Year 2012  Cost analysis reflect increase from last year chargeback by $ 72, from previous year- 35% medical – 65 % compensation.  DIUCS Report Totals: Army (201,176.47) + Air (385,644.73) = 586, Chargeback Cost  Increased by 6 new injury claims from last year  Increased by 4 new injury claims medical cost only  1- New claim on permanent rolls medical cost and compensation  1- Other new claim on daily rolls member is considered to be temporarily disable return to work recipient

Cost Analysis QTR 1 of Year 2013 Going forward Army and Air Combined Chargeback Medical Cost (18,990.42) + Comp Cost (135,892.86) 154,882.86

Challenged Claims Injuries must be initially investigated by supervisor! If claimant case is questionable supervisors must report facts. We can challenge claims when filing the electronic CA-1 or CA-2 and provide supporting documentation A safety investigation can either validate or challenge injury claim There were two claims challenged- one sustained, one accepted!

References CA 810 The Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs (Electronic Version J1 Web Site) CA 550 Federal Employees’ Compensation Act FECA (Electronic Version J1 Web Site) 5 U.S.C Federal Employees' Compensation Act HRR Supervisor Instructional Guide for OWCP (Electronic Version J1 Web Site)

Action Items Future Leaning Forward: The purpose of this committee is to decrease the number of injuries and cost How do we get our injuries down from 54 to 0? We are paying for the past year injury claims! Lets work together and come up with a plan!

Questions / Clarification Injury Compensation Program Administrator MSgt Kenneth O. Young (608) “ Please keep safety in mind”