CITY OF NEW YORK LAW DEPARTMENT WORKERS’ COMPENSATION DIVISION ANNUAL REPORT OF WORKERS’ COMPENSATION CLAIMS OF NEW YORK CITY EMPLOYEES FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2006 ANNUAL REPORT OF WORKERS’ COMPENSATION CLAIMS OF NEW YORK CITY EMPLOYEES FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2006 INTRODUCTION Section 12-127 of the Administrative Code of The City of New York requires that a report concerning workers’ compensation claims by City employees be compiled annually and be transmitted to the Mayor, the Comptroller, the Public Advocate and the Speaker of the Council. This report contains a compilation of all workers’ compensation claims indexed by the New York City Law Department during 2006. In accordance with Section 12-127 the report includes a breakdown of the expenses paid, a list of specific claims for each agency, as well as specific types and locations of injuries. This report also contains year-to-year comparisons of the information compiled in 2005 and 2006. The report contains records for all entities whose workers’ compensation claims are administered by the New York City Law Department: The City of New York, The New York City Health & Hospitals Corporation, and The Department of Education of The City of New York, The City University of New York and the New York City Board of Elections. The information for individual claims includes the date of injury (or disablement), the injured body part(s) and the location at which the injury occurred. The claims are grouped by agency. A blank entry following a date of injury indicates that the Law Department was not provided with information relating to the body part(s) and/or the location of the injury. A summary of the costs incurred on these claims by each agency during 2006 is provided at the end of each section of the report. These costs include wage replacement, medical costs and penalties, as well as the overall costs. Also listed are the number of claims filed on behalf each agency during the year. In addition to the costs by agency, the administrative costs attributed to the Workers’ Compensation Division of the Law Department were $4,479,265 during Fiscal Year 2006 i INDEX INTRODUCTION i INDEX ii-iii EXECUTIVE SUMMARY iv ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN SERVICES 1 BARUCH COLLEGE 4 BOARD OF ELECTIONS 5 BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN COMMUNITY COLLEGE 5 BRONX BOROUGH PRESIDENT 6 BRONX COMMUNITY BOARD #9 6 BRONX COMMUNITY COLLEGE 6 BROOKLYN BOROUGH PRESIDENT 7 BROOKLYN COLLEGE 7 BUSINESS INTEGRITY COMMISSION 9 CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK 9 CITY COUNCIL 9 CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK CENTRAL OFFICE 10 CIVILIAN COMPLAINT REVIEW BOARD 10 COLLEGE OF STATEN ISLAND 10 COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS 11 CUNY GRAD SCHOOL & UNIVERSITY CENTER 12 DCAS 12 DEPARTMENT FOR THE AGING 14 DEPARTMENT OF BUILDINGS 15 DEPARTMENT OF CITY PLANNING 16 DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS 16 DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION 17 DEPARTMENT OF DESIGN & CONSTRUCTION 59 DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION / SCHOOL FOOD & NUTRITION SERVICES 59 DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 173 DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE 197 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE 199 DEPARTMENT OF HOMELESS SERVICES 204 DEPARTMENT OF INVESTIGATION 207 DEPARTMENT OF JUVENILE JUSTICE 208 DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION 213 DEPARTMENT OF PROBATION 226 DEPARTMENT OF SANITATION 227 DEPARTMENT OF SMALL BUSINESS SERVICES 234 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 234 DEPARTMENT OF YOUTH AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT 250 DISTRICT ATTORNEY OF KINGS COUNTY 250 DISTRICT ATTORNEY OF QUEENS COUNTY N.Y. 251 DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE-MANHATTAN 251 DOITT 252 FINANCIAL INFORMATION SERVICES AGENCY 252 FIRE DEPARTMENT 253 HEALTH AND HOSPITALS CORPORATION 303 HERBERT H. LEHMAN COLLEGE 397 HIGHER EDUCATION 398 ii HOSTOS COMMUNITY COLLEGE 398 HOUSING PRESERVATION & DEVELOPMENT 399 HUMAN RESOURCES ADMINISTRATION 401 HUNTER COLLEGE 409 JOHN JAY COLLEGE 410 KINGSBOROUGH COMMUNITY COLLEGE 410 LA GUARDIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE 413 LAW DEPARTMENT,OFFICE OF THE CORPORATION COUNSEL 413 MEDGAR EVERS COLLEGE OFFICE OF HUMAN RESOURCES 414 NEW YORK CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT 414 NEW YORK CITY TECHNICAL COLLEGE PER SONNEL DEPT. 461 NON-COVERED/UNIDENTIFIED EMPLOYEES UNIT 461 NYCERS 464 OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT 465 OFFICE OF PAYROLL ADMINISTRATION 465 OFFICE OF SPECIAL NARCOTICS 465 OFFICE OF THE ACTUARY 466 OFFICE OF THE COMPTROLLER 466 OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY BRONX COUNTY 466 OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY RICHMOND 466 OFFICE OF THE MAYOR 467 PUBLIC ADVOCATE 467 QUEENS BOROUGH COMMUNITY COLLEGE 467 QUEENS BOROUGH PRESIDENT 468 QUEENS COLLEGE 468 TAX COMMISSION 469 TAXI AND LIMO COMMISSION 470 YORK COLLEGE OFFICE OF HUMAN RESOURCES 471 AGENCY COST AND CLAIMS SUMMARY FOR 2006 473 YEAR TO YEAR COMPARISION OF 2005 AND 2006 476 iii EXECUTIVE SUMMARY In accordance with Section 12-127 of the Administrative Code of The City of New York, this Report is being delivered to the Mayor, the Comptroller, the Speaker and the Public Advocate. In addition, pursuant to Section 1133 of the City Charter, electronic copies of the Report are being submitted to the Department of Records and paper copies are being delivered to the Municipal Reference and Research Center. The Report is accessible on the Department of Records’ website, under Government Publications. This annual Report contains a compilation of all workers’ compensation claims indexed by the New York City Law Department during 2006. These claims include those of employees of The City of New York, The New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation, the Department of Education of the City of New York, the City University of New York and the New York City Board of Elections. A total of 14,622 new claims were received in 2006. This number represents a slight decrease (3.7%) in claims when compared with 2005. The total amount paid in 2006 with respect to these claims was $10.6 million. This includes $5.2 million for wage replacement and $5.4 million for medical costs. This represents an increase of 5% when compared with payments made in 2005. The largest numbers of claims came from the following five agencies: Department of Education (3636), Health and Hospitals Corporation (2998), Fire Department (1623), Police Department (1483), Department of Correction (1341). These agencies account for approximately 76% of all claims made in 2006. The leading agencies in terms of cost were: Health and Hospitals Corporation ($1.9 million), Department of Education ($1.8 million), Police Department ($1.3 million), Department of Correction ($866,000), Fire Department ($598,000). These five agencies account for approximately 61% of payments made on the cases in this Report during 2006. iv NEW YORK CITY LAW DEPARTMENT WORKERS' COMPENSATION DIVISION CASES INDEXED FROM: 01/01/06 THROUGH 12/31/06 ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN SERVICES DATE OF INJURY INJURED BODY PART(S) LOCATION COUNTY 4/14/2006 FACE 141 WEST 144TH ST NEW YORK 2/16/2006 HIPS LEFT KNEE LEFT HAND RIGHT 150 WILLIAM ST NEW YORK 6/2/2006 HEART 90-25 161ST STREET QUEENS 1/9/2006 TRUNK LOW BACK (LMBR/LMBO-SAC) 150 WILLIAM ST NEW YORK 5/16/2005 HAND RIGHT 492 1st AVE NEW YORK 11/16/2005 NECK TRUNK DISC FDR NORTHBOUND NEW YORK 6/23/2005 HANDS BOTH FEET BOTH 2nd AV BTWN 27 & 28th-BUS STOP NEW YORK 1/24/2006 FOOT LEFT 2133 2nd AVE NEW YORK 4/24/2006 HAND RIGHT 150 WILLIAM ST 5th FL NEW YORK 9/23/2005 UPPER EXT FINGERS RIGHT 150 WILLIAM STREET NEW YORK 8/1/2006 LEG RIGHT 150-54 FOCH BLVD QUEENS 11/16/2005 NECK TRUNK DISC SHOULDERS BOTH FDR NORTHBOUND NEW YORK 7/12/2006 ANKLE LEFT LEG LEFT MC DONOLDS NEW YORK 1/20/2006 LOWER EXT TOES RIGHT LEG RIGHT LOWER EXT 150 WILLIAM STREET NEW YORK THIGH RIGHT SHOULDER RIGHT RIBS UPPER EXT 10/17/2005 ANKLE RIGHT 1 BLOCK FROM I.S.61 QUEENS 3/28/2006 UPPER EXT THUMB LEFT 90-75 SUTPHIN BLVD QUEENS 9/11/2001 INTERNAL ORGANS 1 WORLD TRADE CENTER NEW YORK 9/21/2005 HEAD ARM LEFT LEG LEFT 132-04 107th AVE QUEENS 12/14/2005 FACE KNEE RIGHT SHOULDER LEFT RIBS HIPS LEFT 151-20 JAMAICA AVE QUEENS ANKLE LEFT 12/14/2005 KNEE RIGHT ARCHER AVE/BTN 168th & MERRICK QUEENS 1/31/2006 HEAD 150 WILLIAM ST NEW YORK 12/21/2005 TRUNK DISC NECK HEAD SHOULDERS BOTH WB GRAND CENTRAL PKWY QUEENS 8/25/2006 HIP RIGHT LOWER EXT THIGH RIGHT KNEE RIGHT BWAY & NASSAU SUBWAY STA NEW YORK LEG RIGHT ANKLE RIGHT 9/22/2006 ANKLE LEFT FOOT LEFT 192 E. 151ST STREET NEW YORK 6/5/2006 NEW YORK 8/18/2006 LOWER EXT TOES LEFT 492 FIRST AVE NEW YORK 4/27/2006 ARMS BOTH UPPER EXT MULTIPLE UPPER EXT 492 1ST AVE NEW YORK 4/3/2006 150 WILLIAM STREET NEW YORK 8/31/2006 ARM RIGHT 492 FIRST AVE NEW YORK Page 1 of 489 DATE OF INJURY INJURED BODY PART(S) LOCATION COUNTY 11/21/2005 NEW YORK 9/26/2006 492 FIRST AVE NEW YORK 9/11/2006 HAND RIGHT UPPER EXT FINGERS RIGHT 345 ADAMS STREET KINGS 2/15/2006 TRUNK DISC ARMS BOTH SHOULDERS BOTH 600 HART ST KINGS WRISTS BOTH KNEES BOTH ANKLES BOTH 9/13/2006 SHOULDER RIGHT 150 WILLIAM ST NEW YORK 5/1/2005 HANDS BOTH WRISTS BOTH 150 WILLIAM STREET NEW YORK 6/15/2006 KNEE LEFT ELBOW RIGHT 492 1ST AVE NEW YORK 11/9/2006 HEAD MULTIPLE HEAD INJURY KNEE LEFT TRUNK 1750 BERGEN STREET KINGS UPPER BACK ( THORACIC) 6/12/2006 TRUNK MULTIPLE TRUNK LOW BACK (LM BR/LMBO- ATLANTIC & BROOKLYN AVES. KINGS SAC) 3/13/2006 HEAD KNEES BOTH SHOULDER RIGHT 345 THAFFORD AVE KINGS 6/30/2006 TRUNK LOW BACK (LMBR/LMBO-SAC) 2554 LINDEN BLVD KINGS 6/14/2006 TRUNK DISC 150 WILLIAM STREET -8TH FL NEW YORK 6/17/2003 336 W.