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Hearing -- A formal proceeding about a disputed issue or issues in a workers' compensation claim at the Office of Administrative Hearings or Workers' Compensation Court of Appeals, after which the judge issues a decision that is binding unless appealed.
Incidence of disputes
This figure shows the disputes filed with the Department of Labor and Industry
(DLI), by type. The numbers are "developed," meaning they include projection
factors to represent what the numbers will be at full claim-maturity. Claim
petitions primarily involve disputes about primary liability and monetary
benefits (eligibility and amount), but also involve relatively small numbers of
medical and rehabilitation disputes. The claim petition data cannot be separated
by dispute type. Only the claim petition data is available before 1989. Many
disputes occur without the filing of one of the documents counted in this figure
and are, therefore, not counted in the figure. These disputes typically come to
the attention of DLI Benefit Management and Resolution through phone contact
from the parties and are usually dealt with by mediation and other informal
methods.
Incidence rates for industry divisions
This figure shows Minnesota's incidence rates, including total cases,
lost-workday cases and days-away-from-work cases, by industry division from the
Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses.
The figures should be viewed with caution, because some of the annual
fluctuations, especially in the smaller sectors, may represent sampling
variation rather than actual changes in case incidence. For more information
about sampling error in the BLS survey, see "Reliability
of estimates" at the BLS Web site.
Industry and occupation distribution
These figures show the distribution of indemnity claimants by industry and
occupation. The industry categorization uses the standard industrial
classification (SIC) system and the occupational categories use the 1990 U.S.
Census codes.
Initial denials of indemnity claims
This figure presents data about denials of indemnity claims by year of injury.
The numbers are "developed," meaning they include projection factors to
represent what the numbers will be at full claim-maturity. "Initial indemnity
claims," in contrast with "paid indemnity claims," include all claims for
indemnity benefits, whether paid or not. "Initially denied" means simply a
denial occurred, although the claim may eventually have been paid.
Injury and illness case-incidence rates
This figure shows estimates of the incidence of nonfatal injuries and illness
for Minnesota, expressed as cases per 100 full-time-equivalent (FTE) workers
from the Survey
of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses. Both the private sector and
state and local government are included, but not the federal government.
Injury characteristics
These figures show the distribution of indemnity claimants by cause of injury,
nature of injury and part of body. Cause of injury describes the manner in which
the injury or illness was produced and identifies the object, bodily motion or
exposure that directly produced the injury or illness. Nature of injury
identifies the principal characteristic of the injury or illness. Part of body
identifies the body part directly affected by the injury or illness.
Job tenures
Figures A and B show the mean and median job-tenures of indemnity claimants.
Job tenure is the number of years a worker was employed by the date-of-injury
employer, calculated as the duration from date-of-hire to date-of-injury.
Figures C and D show the mean job-tenures of indemnity claimants in 2002, by
industry and occupation.
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