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Risk management reports rising claim costs and details security response after museum threats
Summary
Risk management staff reported workers' compensation and liability claim trends, said two severe time-loss injuries account for most costs, described an annual risk-pool audit and cybersecurity reporting, and briefed the board on an incident at the county museum where security reported bomb threats and photos were filed with local police.
Shelley Pierce, Cowlitz County risk manager, and Scott Kelly, risk analyst, briefed the Board of Commissioners on July 1 about workers' compensation and liability claims, an annual risk-pool audit and a recent security incident at the county museum.
Pierce said the county had two severe time-loss workers' compensation claims that account for about 80% of current payouts and that surgery costs are running about 6 to 7% higher compared with prior years. "Those two severe injuries are what's causing our payments to go up," Pierce said. She…
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