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INTRODUCTORY*
CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL R
(Resolution)
Introduced by: Councilmember Stokes
A RESOLUTION ENTITLED
A COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning
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Informational Hearing - Baltimore City Workers’ Compensation Claims
FOR the purpose of requesting the Risk Management Officer of the Office of Risk Management & Division of Safety to participate in a hearing to provide information about the number of payouts to City employees for workers’ compensation claims during the past 3 years, the types of claims filed, the contracts with private vendors to handle the compensation claims and health services for City employees, how the Office assists with the adjudication of workers’ compensation and job-related injury claims, and how this information could be made more accessible to the general public.
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On November 20, 2012, the Baltimore Sun published an article, the headline of which was entitled “Baltimore City leads the state in awarding workman’s compensation.” The article contended that, according to a new book of workers’ compensation data called “The Comp Pinkbook”, created by Byron B. Warnken, Baltimore City leads the State in the number of payouts for workers’ compensation claims. Between January 2011 and June 2012, Baltimore awarded 2,173 payouts to workers for a total of $28,000,000, and the average award for the City was $12,800. The most frequent injuries claimed were back problems.
Byron Warnken created the Comp Pinkbook by using a computer program to scra...
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