The data in PDRMA's latest comprehensive Risk Modeling Report holds the key to more targeted solutions to common risk management challenges for PDRMA members. The report analyzes 15 years of historical loss information (2001–2015) in detail, taking a closer look at the most recent five years. “It identifies risk trends and highlights our loss-cause leaders,” explains Dane Mall, PDRMA Risk Management Services Manager. “Using this data, we evaluate the effectiveness of current programs and plan appropriate multi-year strategies.”

Workers’ compensation claims are still the most prevalent losses with slip, trip and fall incidents costing members more than $24 million over the past 15 years...

You won’t see them on America’s Next Top Model, but PDRMA members who do risk modeling by digging into the data in their loss reports can still be big winners. Compiling and analyzing the data in loss reports can lead to significant improvements in agency safety records by identifying your agency’s risk trends and developing a plan to minimize them.

For instance, at the Forest Preserve District of Kane County, Chuck Misner, Safety, Health and Training Coordinator, reviewed eight years of loss reports and individual incident reports, sorted by year, month, activity and work group. It was an enlightening process.

“We had a rather flat employee injury rate over the past eight years, averaging 13 injuries per year,” Misner reports. “Based on the frequency and severity of injuries over that time, our Safety Team decided that back injuries should be our primary focus.”

PDRMA’s Injury Prevention Program (PIPP) was a major asset in the process. “Our biggest challenge was deciding where to start,” he explains. “There are so many ways to address injuries”...

Special Recreation Associations (SRAs) and park districts with therapeutic recreation departments serve participants with special needs, helping to improve their quality of life....

Each year, PDRMA’s Risk Management consultants review member loss trends, examine new loss exposures, and track new regulations to see how the Loss Control Review (LCR)...