Worker’s Compensation 2005 Indemnity Claims by Body Part
(Claims, Payments and Average Payments)
Upper Extremeties Multivariate display of work-related injury and illness claim information (payments for lost income, based on weekly wages, known as
indemnity cost, number of claims and the average indemnity cost per claim) published by the OSH/BLS Research Program of the
$70,505,094, $5,870 µ Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygeine in cooperation with the Wisconsin Workers Compensation Division from information from their
12,011 claims data base. Drawn up by Matthew Lemahieu, DPHIS - Program & Policy Analyst in assitance with John Pfister, Associate Scientist,
Microbiologist/Epidemiologist and David Schleis, IS Programmer Analyst. December 3, 2007.
220 $728,269, $3,310 µ, $1,360 md
Wrist(s) & Hand(s)
Source data: http://www.dwd.state.wi.us/wc/research_statistics/default.htm
Lower Arm The X-axis represents the average indemnity paid for a particular body part or group of body parts. The Y-axis represents the number of claims of the same association.
$3,001,744, $5,149 µ, $1,447 md
583
Example: The area of the block(s) represent the total indemnity paid in 2005 for claims of that body part or group. The gray-scale of the representative blocks show the approximately
Trunk
$2,213,478, $3,677 µ, $1,491 md how skewed the data is. Darker blocks have a higher mean than a median, thus meaning that there are a few high outlier claims that significantly increase the average.
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The values to the right of the blocks are the actual number of claims, total indemnities , average indemnity and median indemnity for claims of that body part.
Number of Claims
The sparklines ( ) represent the number of claims for the past six years.
$4,179,968, $6,909 µ, $2,280 md
Multiple Upper Extremeties
Total indemnity ($), Average indemnity (µ), Median indemnity (md) 605 9719
$45,376,785, $4,669 µ
Spinal Cord 12
$5,775,771, Disc $197,780, $16,482 µ, $4,101 md
Buttocks
Upper Arm (including $8,595 µ, $4,620 md Sacrum Coccyx $893,568, $19,012 µ, $13,467 md
54 $123,634, $2,290 µ, $802 md
$167,722, $ 2,892 µ, $918 md
58
Clavicle and Scapula) Lungs 47
672 64
Internal Organs $122,062, $1,649 µ, $1,372 md $805,009, $12,578 µ, $966 md
74
Pelvis 75 $381,043, $5,081 µ, $1,896 md
Multiple Trunk
375 $2,346,065, $6,256 µ, $1,020 md
$4,391,498, $5,179 µ,
Elbow 848 $2,118 md Upper Back Area (Thoracic Area)
446 $1,664,244, $3,371 µ, $725 md
Lower Extremeties
0 2x 4x 6x 8x+ $1,093,040, $2,326 µ, $788 md
Chest 470
Mean $3,702,808, $3,280 µ, $929 md 534 $43,947,287, $5,749 µ
Hand 7645
Lumbar and/or Sacral Vertebra
Number of Claims
1129
(Vertebra Noc Trunk) 80 $116,124, $1,452 µ, $685 md
Great Toe
Skew Factor Mean vs. Median(x) $3,115,221, $5,834 µ, $1,143 md
Toe(s) $459,762, $2,689 µ, $948 md
171
177 $803,858, $6,747 µ, $1,422 md
Thigh
$3,070,361, $11,543 µ, $1,894 md
$2,585,682, $2,140 µ, $1,518 md Hip 266
Abdomen (including Groin)
1208 Multiple Lower Extremeties
2000 $2,071,420, $6,747 µ, $1,659 md
307
1750
$9,213,954, $8,595 µ, $2,503 md
Wrist
Lower Leg 689 $3,791,011, $5,502 µ, $1,153 md
1500
1938
1250
1000
$3,487,909, $3,699 µ, $1,178 md
Foot
750
943
500
250
$6,682,669, $3,170 µ, $1,144 md
$31,854,043, $5,059 µ
Finger(s) 2108 Ankle
$887 md 1467
$5,703,400, $3,888 µ,
6296
$1,126 md
Lower Back Area
Multiple Body Parts
(including Lumbar and Lumo-Sacra)
$22,061,663, $9,326 µ
2363
No Physical Injury
Body Systems and Multiple
Head
$146,514, $8,140 µ, $1,747 md
18 89
$325,359, $5,916 µ, $1095 md
Body Systems
$30,614,934, 55 82 $569, 645, $6,947 µ, $6,947 md
Insufficient info to Properly
Indentify - Unclassified
$9,260 µ, Knee Whole Body
$2,290,994, $25,742 µ, $2,963 md
3545
$5,903 md
1248
Shoulder(s)
Neck
$8,158,314, $6,537 µ
$24,443,442,
3306 $18,727,847, $5,554 µ, $1,592 md
11 $29,237, $2,658 µ, $889 md
Teeth
13 $34,678, $2,668 µ, $948 md
Mouth
$6,895 µ,
39 $107,774, $2,763 µ, $756 md
Facial Bones
45 $62,956, $1,399 µ, $733 md 102
Nose
$744,659, $7,301 µ, $1,360 md
Brain
$5,492 md Multiple Body Parts 2118
678
112 $195,392, $1,745 µ, $615 md 131
Other Facial Soft Tissue
$6,337,188, $9,347 µ
Skull $800,205, $6,108 µ, $589 md $91,308, $7,609 µ, $1,363 md
Spinal Cord (including Body Systems
Multiple Head 173 12 65 $654,712, $10,702 µ, $1,363 md 114
Injury Vertebrae
$2,013,726,
& Body Parts)
Eye(s) $2,234,780,
$11,640 µ, $960 md Disc
$721,620, $2982 µ, $295 md
242
$19,603 µ, $12,250 md
210 $564,737, $2,689 µ, $668 md
Soft Tissue
Ear(s) 380 $3,448,068, Multiple Neck
272 $2,705,737, $9,946 µ, $1,560 md
$9,074 µ, $7,076 md Injury
17,500,000
2,500,000 12,500,000
7,500,000
7,500,000 15,000,000
7,500,000 5,000,000 5,000,000
2,500,000 2,500,000
7,500,000
17,500,000 2,500,000
7,500,000 5,000,000 5,000,000
12,500,000 10,000,000
0 20,000,000
10,000,000
20,000,000 0
7,500,000 10,000,000
0 0
15,000,000
10,000,000 2,500,000 5,000,000 10,000,000
0
2,500,000 5,000,000
0
Average Indemnity Cost