Effectiveness of BWC’s SafetyGrant$ Program

July 1999 – June 2003 results o No claim required to complete an application until November 2001 o Employers reported OSHA recordable information, turnover, and risk factor scores o Ergonomic interventions only o Baseline data: one year for early recipients; two years for later recipients o Follow-up data: two years

Effect of SafetyGrant$ interventions on risk factor scores N = 892 applications 41-percent improvement Time period: July 1999 – June 2003

Effect of SafetyGrant$ interventions on CTD incidence rate N = 892 applications, Standardized per 100 full-time employees 14-percent improvement Time period: July 1999 – June 2003

Effect of SafetyGrant$ interventions on lost days due to CTDs N = 892 applications, Standardized per 100 full-time employees 56-percent improvement Time period: July 1999 – June 2003

Effect of SafetyGrant$ interventions on restricted days due to CTDs N = 892 applications, Standardized per 100 full- time employees 42-percent improvement Time period: July 1999 – June 2003

Effect of SafetyGrant$ interventions on turnover N = 892 applications, Standardized per 100 full-time employees 62 percent of companies improved in turnover or stayed at 0 percent Time period: July 1999 – June 2003

Cost benefit information (injury prevention) July 1999 – June 2003 o $37,012,176 was spent on the interventions (including the employer contribution). o The average amount spent was $41,493. o The most spent was $565,000. The least spent was $530. o 3,374 OSHA recordable injuries per year occurred in the baseline period (average 422 days baseline period). o 2,170 OSHA recordable injuries per year occurred in the follow-up period (two years) o Average workers’ comp claim cost for year 1999 = $10,610 (National Safety Council)

Cost benefit calculation (injury prevention) o ROI (years) = $ spent / [average claim cost X (# claims in baseline per year - # claims in follow-up per year o ROI (years) = $ 37,012,176 / [$10,610 X [(3,901(365/409) – 4,340(365/730)] o ROI (years) = $37,012,176 / $13,913,238 per year o ROI = 2.7 years

July 2003 – April 2009 results o A workers’ compensation claim was required to complete an application. o All types of safety interventions (no longer exclusively for ergonomics) o Baseline data: two years o Follow-up data: 584 days average Some of the companies have not completed the program o Employers are required to report workers’ compensation claims related to the intervention. o Those employers that have not yet reported any follow-up data are not included in the results. o Data is from 419 applications reported through April 20, 2009.

Effect of SafetyGrant$ interventions on incidence rate N = 419 applications Adjusted per 200,000 hours 56-percent improvement Time period: July 2003 – April 2009

Cost benefit information (injury prevention) July 2003 – April 2009 o $16,460,656 was spent on the interventions (including the employer contribution). o The average amount spent was $39,285. o The most spent was $228,923. The least spent was $509. o 996 claims per year occurred in the baseline period (two-year reporting). o 451 claims per year occurred in the follow-up period (with the average reporting being 584 days).

Cost benefit information (injury prevention) July 2003 – April 2009 o The medical costs for the two-year period before the intervention was $8,239,891. o The indemnity costs for the two-year period before the intervention was $6,283,845. o The total claims costs for the two-year period before the intervention was $14,523,736. o The medical costs for the 584-day follow-up period after the intervention was $1,551,875. o The indemnity costs for the 584-day follow-up period after the intervention was $878,938. o The total claims costs for the 584-day follow-up period after the intervention was $2,430,813.

Cost benefit calculation (injury prevention) o ROI (years) = $ spent / (claims cost in baseline per year – claims cost in follow-up per year) o ROI (years) = $16,460,656 / [$14,523,736(365 days per year/730 reporting days) - $2,430,813(365 days per year/584 reporting days)] o ROI (years) = $16,460,656 / $ 5,742,609 per year o ROI = 2.9 years* * Does not include any future claims costs, so ROI should improve some over time