TEXT VERSION OF SLIDE:

• Title: ILLINOIS NURSING HOME INJURY EXPERIENCE
• Type: Text Slide with Data Table
• Content: Hazardous Work: Average nursing home injury and illness rate was 14.2 per 100 full time employees^*

  Cause of Injury	Percent of ILLINOIS Workers' Comp Claims	Average Claim
  Resident Transfer (i.e., back, shoulder, other musculoskeletal)	36%	$3,984 per claim
  Contract with/struck by object (i.e., cuts and abrasions)	23%	$1,668 per claim
  Slip/Trip/Fall (e.g., knee and limbs from falls)	19%	$6,440 per claim
  Lift/Push (e.g., soft tissue in nature from housekeeping, maintenance, laundry)	11%	$4,414 per claim
  Aggression (e.g., bites and abrasions - note some occur during transfer)	8%	$4,328 per claim
  Repetitive Motion (typically clerical)	3%	$5,936 per claim

  ^* Injury data for the first six months of 2003 provided by Life Services Network Association, a provider of Workers' Compensation insurance for the non-profit long-term care members of its network

  Speaker Notes:
  As of 2003 here are the average costs of comp claims for nursing homes provided by an insurance carrier that works primarily with nursing homes.