Summary Statement
An in-depth research study of work-related musculoskeletal disorders in Washington state from 1990-1998 based on worker’s compensation claims.
May 2000
|
Table 6. Washington State Fund Workers Compensation Claims for Selected Specific Diagnoses 1990-1998 |
|||||||||
|
Back |
Shoulder |
Elbow |
Wrist |
||||||
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
MS |
Non-traumatic |
MS |
Non-traumatic |
MS |
Non-traumatic |
MS |
Non-traumatic |
||
|
Total Claims 1990-1998 |
7,539 |
5,468 |
24,424 |
17,083 |
15,281 |
11,897 |
31,632 |
27,148 |
|
|
Average # claims/year |
838 |
608 |
2,714 |
1,898 |
1,698 |
1,322 |
3,515 |
3,016 |
|
|
Average total no. individuals/year |
819 |
597 |
2,564 |
1,814 |
1,608 |
1,262 |
3,268 |
2,848 |
|
|
% female |
33.8 |
33.0 |
34.4 |
36.8 |
41.5 |
44.6 |
57.8 |
60.9 |
|
|
Median age |
38 |
38 |
40 |
39 |
40 |
40 |
37 |
37 |
|
|
Average yearly claim rate per 10,000 FTEs |
6.8 |
4.9 |
21.9 |
15.3 |
13.7 |
10.6 |
28.6 |
24.5 |
|
|
Overall yearly claim rate per 10,000 FTEs |
6.8 |
4.9 |
21.9 |
15.3 |
13.7 |
10.7 |
28.3 |
24.3 |
|
|
Severity rate (lost days per 10,000 FTEs) |
1,865 |
1,424 |
1,997 |
1,436 |
630 |
499 |
2,886 |
2,524 |
|
|
Average no. claims with time loss/year |
664 |
481 |
1,705 |
1118 |
741 |
568 |
2,313 |
1,927 |
|
|
% of total claims |
79.3 |
79.1 |
62.8 |
58.9 |
43.7 |
43.0 |
65.8 |
63.9 |
|
|
Average time loss days/ claim |
445 |
421 |
244 |
236 |
207 |
208 |
216 |
209 |
|
|
Median time loss days/ claim |
200 |
184 |
95 |
91 |
64 |
62 |
82 |
80 |
|
|
Average total cost/claim |
$41,664 |
$39,371 |
$16,792 |
$15,226 |
$7,038 |
$6,959 |
$13,525 |
$12,627 |
|
|
Median total cost /claim |
$15,706 |
$14,582 |
$2,516 |
$1,933 |
$656 |
$676 |
$4,291 |
$4,056 |
|
