Workers' compensation claims going down for city employees

BERLIN — The city council received the encouraging news that its workers’ compensation claims are going down. After experiencing high levels of workers’ compensation claims four and five years ago, the city is now seeing “some good things happening,” reported Rick Alpers, risk management consultant with Primex.

Mayor Paul Grenier asked Alpers to update the council on Berlin’s workers’ compensation experience at Monday’s council meeting. He noted it had been several years since Alpers had delivered such a briefing. Like most municipalities, Berlin uses the N.H. Public Risk Management Exchange for workers’ compensation, property and liability coverage.