Federal Employees’ Compensation Act (FECA)Committee Meeting Welcome Second Semi Annual FECA Committee Meeting For FY2013
Dec 16, 2015
Federal Employees’ Compensation Act(FECA)Committee Meeting
Welcome
Second Semi Annual FECA Committee Meeting
For FY2013
FECA Topics• Injury by category/type/locationInjury by category/type/location
• Review injury claims and trend analysisReview injury claims and trend analysis
• Briefly Discuss Timely FilingBriefly Discuss Timely Filing
• Chargeback and Cost AnalysisChargeback and Cost Analysis
Federal Employees’ Compensation Act (FECA) Committee Meeting
Injury Reporting Analysis
Injury Reporting Analysis
Injury Report Jan 2012- 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 2012- Dec 2012
Army MSC Organizations
64th Troop Command- Zero Injuries
32d IBCT- Zero Injuries
157th MEB- Zero Injuries
426th REG- Zero Injuries
Injury Report Jan 2012- 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 2012- 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 2012- Dec 2012
Army Activities Organizational MaintCSMS – 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 2012- Dec 2012
Army Activities Organizational MaintCSMS-Cont.
Injury How
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 2012- Dec 2012
Army Activities Organizational MaintMATES-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 2012- Dec 2012 Army Activities Organizational MaintFMS#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 2012- Dec 2012 Army Activities Organizational MaintFMS#8- 3 Injuries Injury How Cut Finger (Drilling hole in a piece of equipment
and missed hitting finger)Pain To Hands/Wrist (Using torque wrench on wheel
M969A1caused pain)Pain To Hands/Wrist Torque while servicing trailer using
impac wrench caused pain)
FMS#10- 1 InjuryInjury HowHead Injury (Hit head on wall playing
basketball)
Injury Report Jan 2012- Dec 2012
Army Activities Organizational MaintFMS#12- 3Injuries
Injury How
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 2012- Dec 2012 Army Activities Organizational MaintAASF#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 2012- Dec 2012 Wisconsin Youth Challenge AcademyChallenge 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 2012- Dec 2012 WIANG Organizations115FW- 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 2012- Dec 2012 WIANG Organizations115FW- 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 2012- Dec 2012 128ARW-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 2012- Dec 2012 Totals
Army Total 35 Claims Reported
Air Total 19 Claims Reported
Grand Total = 54
Injury Report Jan 2012- 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 2011- Dec 2011 timely filing wasn’t an issue with only 3 claims identified as untimely out of 48 claims filed!
Jan 2012- 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 AnalysisCost Analysis Medical CompFY 09 65,873.46 407,121.99FY 10 118,711 366,374.35FY 11 131,588.88 382,322.88FY 12 130,558.79 456,262.41
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Cost AnalysisQTR 4 of Year 2011 VS QTR 4 of Year 2012
Cost analysis reflect increase from last year
chargeback by $ 72,909.44 from previous year- 35% medical – 65% compensation. DIUCS Report Totals: Army (201,176.47) + Air (385,644.73) = 586,821.20 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 AnalysisQTR 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. 8101 Federal Employees' Compensation Act
HRR 810-1 Supervisor Instructional Guide for OWCP (Electronic Version J1 Web Site)
Action ItemsFuture 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 / ClarificationInjury Compensation Program Administrator
MSgt Kenneth O. Young (608) 242-3711
“ Please keep safety in mind”