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Data Source: Government of Alberta, Occupational Health & Safety Modified Work Claim: A modified work claim is a claim for an occupational injury or disease where workers had their normal work duties altered to enable them to remain working without losing time from work. Also included are claims where injured workers are helped back into the workplace with modified duties after time lost due to injury or disease. Disabling Injury Claims: Disabling injury (DI) claims combine both lost-time and modified work to produce an overall figure where an occupational injury or disease disables the worker causing either time-lost from work or for their normal work duties to be modified. Person-Years Worked: Person-years worked are estimates provided by the WCB. One person-year is equivalent to one full-time worker working for one year, and can be assumed to equal 2,000 hours worked. Lost-Time Claim Rate: The lost-time claim rate is calculated by dividing the number of lost-time claims by the person-years worked estimate, and multiplying the result by 100. The lost-time claim rate represents the probability or risk of an injury or disease to a worker during a period of one-year work, which will result in time lost from work. Comparisons of lost-time claim rates between industries, or between years, can be used to indicate increases, decreases, or differences in this risk. LTC Rate = Number of LTC's x 100 Person-years worked Disabling Injury Rate: The disabling injury rate is calculated by dividing the number of disabling injury claims by the person-years worked estimates, and multiplying the result by 100. The disabling injury rate represents the probability or risk of a disabling injury or disease to a worker during a period of one-year of work. The disabling injury rate is similar to the lost-time claim rate although it covers a broader range of injuries, including those that are less severe in nature (do not require time away from work). The rate represents the number of claims per 100 person-years worked and includes claims made for both lost-time and modified work. WCB Accepted Fatality: An occupational fatality is the death of a worker which resulted from a work-related incident or exposure and which has been accepted by the WCB for compensation. A fatality is counted in the year it is accepted. # of DI's x 100 Person-years worked Accident Year Number of Claims Claim Cost Number of LTCs TTD Days Medical Aid Claims Disabling Injury Claims 2010 103,070 $244,256,217 24,285 568,830 78,785 44,680 2011 112,458 $279,408,014 26,716 612,522 85,742 49,675 2012 114,059 $276,917,931 26,837 580,897 87,222 51,515 2013 114,949 $307,488,716 27,097 611,582 87,852 52,642 2014* 123,551 $275,842,480 29,031 563,169 94,520 56,821 Claims are recorded based on the year of occurrence. For each occurrence year, transactions on claim costs and TTDs are based on a 15 month period. For example, for claims occurring in 2014, the transaction period would be from January 1, 2014 to March 31, 2015. * In this table, 2014 data is recorded for January 1 to February 7, 2015 only. All ACSA Industries Only Year # of Accounts Person Years Disabling Injuries Disabling Injury Rate Lost-Time Claims LTC Claim Rate # of WCB Accepted Fatalities 2009 49,645 275,308 10,234 3.72 4,758 1.73 35 2010 49,643 287,717 9,609 3.34 4,478 1.56 57 2011 50,830 297,021 9,425 3.17 4,578 1.54 55 2012 54,387 338,562 10,212 3.02 4,642 1.37 39 2013 57,678 389,376 11,537 2.96 4,884 1.25 72 All WCB Employers Disabling Injury Rate = Workplace Safety Outlook For all workplace employers across Alberta, raw counts are trending up for the number of claims, lost time claims, medical aid claims and disabling injury claims. 2014 STATUS REPORT & 2015 BUSINESS PLAN

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