New York State - Worker’s Compensation Statistics
- Workers compensation statistical data available in 2008 revealed a continuing downward trend in overall claim frequency and an increasing trend in claim costs. The decrease in historical New York medical claim frequency is consistent with observed decreases in claim frequencies across the country. Indemnity claim frequency remained flat, as it has been over the last several years.
- The most frequent causes of injuries resulting in worker’s compensation claims in New York in 2005 (the last year for which data is available) were sudden overexertion while using a tool or machine (6.3 percent of claims), injury to ears due to constant or repetitive noise (5.2 percent) and injuries sustained while caught in or in between machinery (4.2 percent).
- The nature of injuries most frequently resulting in worker’s compensation claims in 2005 were unclassified specific injuries (9.0 percent of claims), muscle strain (7.7 percent), contusions (6.0 percent), and lacerations (5.6 percent).
- Worker’s compensation injury claims in 2005 were most frequently related to injuries to the lower back (9.4 percent of injuries), fingers (7.9 percent), multiple body parts (6.7 percent), and knees (5.6 percent).
Sources:
http://www.nycirb.org/2007/home/NYCIRB_2009.pdf
http://www.nycirb.org/2007/depts/actuary/stats/pycoi.pdf
http://www.nycirb.org/2007/depts/actuary/stats/pynoi.pdf
http://www.nycirb.org/2007/depts/actuary/stats/pypob.pdf
http://www.dolir.mo.gov/wc/employers/definitions.doc
