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Mr. De Lima asked about a County -wide policy on the minimum amount <br />of insurance Police should be required to have, as well as perhaps the other <br />employees who receive car allowances. <br />Ms. Kamaka stated that there may be a requirement; she'll find out. She <br />noted that Fire and Parks are fully (self) insured. <br />b) Why did Parks and Recreation have so many IAs (industrial <br />accidents) for February? <br />Ms. Kamaka explained that what the Board saw was a snapshot, and they <br />happened to see a snapshot of a period where Parks had a lot of accidents. <br />Ms. Kamaka showed the Board a year -to -date graphic of Parks and Recreation. <br />In looking at the graph, Parks had a significant reduction last fiscal year and <br />was the most improved department with a substantial reduction in the number <br />of accidents. <br />Chair Robinson asked if an industrial accident equates to a workers' comp <br />claim, to which Ms. Kamaka responded that it's not necessarily so. There are <br />two kinds of claims: 1) an incident report whereby the employee doesn't seek <br />medical treatment; and 2) a workers' comp claim. Overall, the County is <br />continuing to reduce its workers' comp claims. Ms. Kamaka distributed graphs <br />and reviewed them with the Board. Since Ms. Kamaka came to work here in <br />2001, they have continued to reduce the number of claims each year. They went <br />from a high of 800+ claims in 2001 and are currently down to 300+ claims. <br />Ms. Kamaka also tracked new claims by number of employees, so even though <br />the workforce was climbing and their exposure went up, they continued to keep <br />the number of claims down. They're spending roughly $2.5 million a year on <br />average right now for workers' compensation claims, which is still high but <br />lower than it had been. <br />c) What initiatives have been taken to reduce industrial injuries either <br />by Safety or individual departments? <br />Ms. Kamaka stated that they work to encourage departments to establish <br />safety committees. They find that departments or divisions that have active <br />safety committees have fewer accidents because they take ownership of their <br />programs and take pride in their operations and the fact that they don't have <br />accidents. Ms. Kamaka provides reports to departments that identify their <br />respective trends from which they can develop preventative strategies. Her <br />3 <br />