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Cowlitz County risk staff report slight improvement in workers’ compensation claims but urge more safety metrics
Summary
Risk staff reported 10 open workers’ compensation claims and an average claim cost of about $7,000. They recommended adopting metrics including total recordable incident rate and a target to reduce average days claims remain open by 5%.
Cowlitz County risk staff presented a quarterly workers’ compensation update that showed some improvement in new claims while urging the use of standardized safety metrics.
Scott (identified in the meeting as a risk analyst) and other staff told commissioners the county began the year with 12 open workers’ compensation claims, opened four new claims and closed six during the quarter, leaving 10 open claims. Staff broke…
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