Northern Suburban Special Education District Safety Awareness and Accident Prevention

1. Northern Suburban Special Education DistrictSafety Awareness and Accident Prevention Mark Almburg August 20, 2012

2. Contents 1. Workers’ Compensation 101 2. Work Related Incident Reporting 3. Safety Awareness & Accident Prevention

3. In order for a Workers’ Compensation claim to be compensable in Illinois it must: • Be a physical injury as defined under the Illinois Work Comp Act • Fractures, Lacerations, Strains/Sprains, etc. • The injury must arise out of the employment • The IL workers’ compensation act is designed for curing the employee from work-related injuries. • The injury must arise in the course of employment • The IL workers’ compensation act is designed to offer protection only when the employee is actually on the job.

4. Injuries sustained at work may be covered by Workers’ Compensation insurance. • CLIC & Sedgwick Recommended Incident Reporting Procedures: • To ensure proper claim handling report all work accidents/incidents immediately to your Direct Supervisor. • All incidents need to be reported no later than 24 hours of the incident.

5. Why do we need to talk about safety awareness?

6. Safety Awareness Unsafe Acts vs. Unsafe Conditions Too much time is spent looking for unsafe conditions Source: Injury Facts, 2009 Ed.

7. NSSED Work Comp Statistics • July 1, 2008 through May 1, 2012 • 275 total claims with an incurred cost of $1,658,189 • 252 Claims with Medical Payments & 23 Lost Time Claims (time away from work) Employee groups injured most often are: • teacher assistants (Para Pro) with 155 claims ($1,189,771) • teachers with 54 claims ($72,408) Nature of injury in terms of frequency: • strains with 54 claims ($1,425,988) • contusions with 23claims ($48,343) • Lacerations with 23 claims ($6,064)

8. NSSED Loss Trends • #1 Loss Trend – Struck By • Struck by is the most frequently occurring injury cause over the past four years. Struck by claims account for approximately 63% of the workers compensation claims but only 9% of the claim costs. There were 174 struck by claims reported. These incidents include struck by student and struck by a miscellaneous object. • #2 Loss Trend – Slip/Trip/Fall • Slip/trip/fall claims are the second most frequently occurring injury cause over the past four years. They account for approximately 14% of the workers compensation claims and 33% of the claim costs. There were 38 slip/trip/fall claims reported. • #3 Loss Trend – Lifting & Handling • Lifting/handling claims are the third most frequently occurring injury cause over the past four years. They account for approximately 12% of the workers compensation claims and 45% of the total claim costs. There were 34 lifting/handling claims reported.

9. Where do you feel safe? Why Do Accidents Occur? • Do you feel safe at home? • Do you feel safe driving your car? • Do you feel safe downtown LaGrange or at the shopping mall? • Do you feel safe at work?

10. Why Do Accidents Occur? • Statistically the workplace is the “Safest Place in our Lives” much safer than where we live spend our leisure time, or while driving our cars.

11. Why Do Accidents Occur? Number of Deaths Every Hour Source: Injury Facts, 2009 Ed.

12. Why Do Accidents Occur? Off vs On-the-Job Injuries – 3:1 Source: Injury Facts, 2009 Ed.

13. Why Do Accidents Occur? • Statistically the workplace is the “Safest Place in our Lives” - much safer than where we live spend our leisure time, or drive • As adults our injury frequency has dropped dramatically from our childhood so it is natural for us to feel that we are “Safe Enough”

14. Why Do Accidents Occur? • Statistically the workplace is the “Safest Place in our Lives” - much safer than where we live spend our leisure time, or drive • As adults our injury frequency has dropped dramatically from our childhood so it is natural for us to feel that we are “Safe Enough” • Since we all feel we are safe enough everywhere, we are likely to feel “Complacent” about the risks in the workplace

15. Definition of an Accident Why Do Accidents Occur? • Accident = Any unplanned or undesired event, not necessarily resulting in injury, but damaging to property and/or interrupting the activity in process.

16. Preventing Injuries Safety Awareness • One of the most important tools you have to support a safe work environment and work practice is Awareness and Common Sense. • “Common sense is not all that common” • Yogi Berra

17. Safety Awareness Safety Awareness • SAFETY AWARENESSmeans having the right attitude and state of mind about safety - both your own and other staff members.

18. Safety Awareness Safety Awareness • Positive safety awareness is created by these factors: • Attitude • Being responsible for your actions • Anticipating problems or hazards • Correcting problems immediately • Avoiding complacency • Being Trainable

19. Safety Awareness What causes accidents? • To effectively reduce accidents and injuries, we must begin to look beyond the obvious causes. • All accidents have basic motivating factors. Identifying these motivations is critical in preventing them from creating conditions that lead to • “AT RISK BEHAVIORS”

20. Deliberate At-Risk Behavior Unintentional At-Risk Behavior Habitual At-Risk Behavior Safety Awareness Three Types of At-Risk Behavior

21. Hazards vary by job and workplace and from work to the road and home but: Basic injury patterns remain constant Lack of knowledge about hazards or procedures is rarely a factor Safety Awareness What causes accidents?

22. Safety Awareness Four States of Mind • Rushing • Frustration • Fatigue • Complacency • One or more of these 4 states of mind cause or contribute to the Four Critical Errors that cause most accidents

23. Safety Awareness Four Critical Errors • Eyes not on the task • Mind not on the task • Being in the line of fire • Loss of Balance/Traction/Grip

24. Safety Awareness Injury Risk Pyramid 30 Major Injuries MAJOR 300 Minor Injuries (recordable) MINOR INJURIES 3,000 Minor Injuries (first aid) CUTS, BRUISES, SCRAPES CLOSE CALLS AND NEAR MISSES 30,000 Hazards

25. Safety Awareness How Do You Improve a Skill?

26. Safety Awareness Help People See the Patterns

27. Safety Awareness Frustration

28. Safety Awareness Fatigue

29. Safety Awareness Complacency

30. Safety Awareness • Work on identifying the 4 state so you don’t make a critical error • Analyze close calls and small errors • Look at others for the patterns that increase the risk of injury (AT RISK BEHAVIORS) • Start to work on your districts Safety Critical habits

31. Work on identifying the 4 state so you don’t make a critical error. (Rushing, Frustration, Fatigue, Complacency) • Analyze close calls and small errors (to prevent agonizing over the big ones). • Look at others for the patterns that increase the risk of injury (AT RISK BEHAVIORS) • Start to work on your districts Safety Critical habits • Be Aware and Be Safe • Thank You