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Show HILL TOP TIMES Pagej26 &wle Beginning in the April 1, 1983 issue of Hill Top Times, several articles were j published covering Air Force policies when federal service personnel sustain injuries. At Hill AFB; the Injury Compensation Pro- ft. on-the-j- Administrator is Frances gram! V ob Salazar in the Civilian Personnel Division, Entitlements and Benefits Function. (The office is located in Bldg. 1245 and the telephone is Ext. 76142. Mrs. Salazar is assisted by Diane Grey,Wilma Bowen, June Nalder and Jolynn Cignetti as compensation technicians who advise and assist supervisors and employees on matters pertaining to injuries, compensation entitlements and filing job-relat-ed claims. - ft 4 4 c i I f employee To reinforce the importance of knowledge of the federal employee compensation act costs and problems and the management challenge, the following article by Brig. Gen. Larry N. Tibbetts, director, Manpower and Organization, Deputy Chief of Staff for Manpower and Personnel was published in TIG Brief 8, 1983 and is quoted for your information: "The Air Force can take pride in the management and administration of our personnel programs and it's usually justified. One program, however, needs more command attention to help reduce spiraling costs to the Air Force and United States taxpayers. I refer to the benefits provided injured employees under the Federal Employees Compensation Act (FECA)." aef stressed ini mpeinisiD Mananers and CCPO officials must make every ef keep injured employees on the job with alternate duties and when medically indicated, until they recover. Supervisors and CCPO, safety and medical officials must be alert to the possibility of fraud and refer suspected cases to the Air Force Office of Special Investigations. "The FECA was enacted in 1 916 to provide compensation for the disability or death of Federal civilian employees who become ill, are injured, or are killed in the performance of their duties. Benefits include compensation for wage losses, monetary awards for bodily impairment or disfigurement, medical care, rehabilitative services, and survivor benefits. The program is administered by the Department of Labor's Office of Workers Compensation, which "bills back" each Agency at the end of the fiscal year for compensation and medical benefits chargeable to the agency. These costs to the Air Force have risen dramatically, from $22.8 million in 1974 to about $73 million in 1 982. This increase can .be partially attributed to general inflation and to the inflation of private sector medical care costs in particular. In addition, the costs are accumulative and will always go up; however, the rate of the cost increase can be reduced by these positive steps: fort to "We can minimize the upward trend only by positive and sincere effort, involving commanders, managers and supervisors at all levels. For starters, we need to enforce occupational safe- ty and health practices, structure positions to accommodate injured workers and aggressively investigate fraudulent claims. " "The emphasis should be on assuring that all costs are substantiated and valid, and that these valuable benefits accrue only to the truly deserving employee. The key is to address the cost growth directly and objectively." Central Civilian Personnel Office program administrators must manage the program set forth in AFR 40-8- 1 0, "Injury Compensation." Military and civilian supervisors must enforce occupational safety and health procedures. Base medical officials must review all cases of occupational illness. Base safety officials must investigate all reported . injuries. job-relat- Carty died for 40 years federal service f ; Friday, May 13, 1983 An Instrument Mechanic in the Missile and Aircraft Systems Division, Directorate of Maintenance, was recently honored for accumulating 40 yearsj of federal service. William Carty received a certificate and service pin from Brig. Gen, Stanton R, Musser, vice commander, Ogdn Air Logistics Center, for his achievement. Mf . Carty started his federal career at the old Ogden Arsenal (now the West Area of Hill AFB) as an automotive mechanic and graduated to a warehouse equipment mechanic. In 1953, he transferred to Hill AFB in the Directorate of Maintenance where he has held such positions as aircraft mechanic computer repairman, electrical mechanical accessory repairman, electrical mechanical equipment repairman, solid propellant NCO Club employees honored for work missile repairman repairman, v radar and In his time, he is a member of the Weber County Sheriff's Jeep Patrol and the National Search and Rescue Association. In 1982, he was named "Outstanding Jeep Patrol off-dut- y 3 1 Member." Mr. Carty and his wife Dorothy live in South Ogden. They are parents of two sons. Certificates of Club for their profes- ap- SavU.S. and sionalism and perfor-preciation ings Bonds were award- mance during April. ed to three civilian Named "NCO Club' of NCO the employees employees of the t v 1 month" were Tamra AUred, cashier; Roger Ward, dishwasher; and Brenda Holthaus, (U.S. Air Force Photo) cocktail waitress. 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