Table 1.

Pooled WC claims, full-time equivalent (FTE) worker-years of follow-up, claim rates per 100 FTEs, and relative risks for (A) all employees and all claims and (B) clinical employees and resident handling-related claims: 136 skilled nursing facilities, eastern United States, 2003–2010.

	Number of claims			Claim rate			Relative risk compared to pre-SRHP
	Pre	First post period	Second post period	Pre	First post period	Second post period	RR first post period	Confidence Interval	RR second post period	Confidence Interval
A. All-employee FTE-yrs	44296.1	55666.9	48806.9	44296.1	55666.9	48806.9
Type of incident
All claims	7321	8204	6929	16.53	14.74	14.20	0.892	(0.864, 0.920)	0.859	(0.830, 0.887)
Back claims	1921	1827	1394	4.34	3.28	2.86	0.757	(0.709, 0.807)	0.659	(0.614, 0.706)
Falls on same level	1070	1575	1419	2.42	2.83	2.91	1.171	(1.083, 1.267)	1.204	(1.111, 1.304)
Material handling: manual	652	586	353	1.47	1.05	0.72	0.715	(0.639, 0.801)	0.491	(0.430, 0.560)
Needlestick	297	374	325	0.67	0.67	0.67	1.002	(0.858, 1.171)	0.993	(0.846, 1.166)
Aggression	654	726	637	1.48	1.30	1.31	0.883	(0.794, 0.983)	0.884	(0.791, 0.987)
Struck by/against object	913	1206	1050	2.17	2.17	2.15	1.051	(0.964, 1.147)	1.044	(0.954, 1.142)
B. Clinical FTE-yrs	27428.5	34757.1	30765.9	27428.5	34757.1	30765.9
Type of incident
Resident handling (any)	2551	2200	1765	9.30	6.33	5.74	0.681	(0.643.0.721)	0.617	(0.580, 0.655)
NOC	1275	1089	945	4.65	3.13	3.07	0.674	(0.622, 0.731)	0.661	(0.607, 0.719)
Help into/out of bed	427	310	236	1.56	0.89	0.77	0.573	(0.493, 0.664)	0.493	(0.418, 0.578)
Help chair, toilet, etc.	608	456	274	2.22	1.31	0.89	0.592	(0.523, 0.669)	0.402	(0.347, 0.464)
Help into/out of bath	11	24	29	0.04	0.07	0.09	1.722	(0.812, 3.894)	2.350	(1.140, 5.214)
Help move in bed	230	321	281	0.84	0.92	0.91	1.101	(0.927, 1.310)	1.089	(0.912, 1.302)