Costs of occupational injury and illness across industries

Leigh, James; Waehrer, Geetha M.; Miller, Ted R.; Keenan, Craig R

doi:10.5271/sjweh.780

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“…Although service and manufacturing did not demonstrate the highest average cost per claim, due to a large number of claims, these industries accounted for the highest total costs at $909 and $673 million, respectively. This agrees with a recent analysis showing the highest total costs nationally were from the service industry [Leigh et al, 2004].…”

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confidence: 82%

“…The industries associated with the highest average indemnity and medical costs per claim were TWU and construction, similar to that found by Leigh et al [2004] who used standard industrial classifications (SIC). Based on our data, these high costs may be due to either severity or return to work issues as TWU and construction ranked first and third for industries with the highest percent of claims with more than 7 days lost work (31.7% and 26.8%, respectively).…”

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confidence: 62%

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Costs by industry and diagnosis among musculoskeletal claims in a state workers compensation system: 1999–2004

Dunning¹,

Davis²,

Cook³

et al. 2009

American J Industrial Med

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 82%

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 62%

Costs by industry and diagnosis among musculoskeletal claims in a state workers compensation system: 1999–2004

Dunning¹,

Davis²,

Cook³

et al. 2009

American J Industrial Med

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“…Approximately 475,000 of the 1993 cases were used to estimate the mean days away from work and associated costs including wage, medical, and pain and suffering costs [6]. Using the costed microdata, we calculated a weighted average total cost by establishment and merged it onto the summary data.…”

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“…Table 2 reports the estimated difference in the mean rate of days-away-from-work injuries for the average establishment in the full sample and by size class using coefficients from the two-part model 6 . Controlling for other characteristics, establishments with safety training have approximately 27 more days-away-from-work cases per 10,000 FTEs than those with no training, a statistically significant difference.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Conversely, safety training significantly reduces the probability of days-away-fromwork injuries in large establishments but is positively and significantly associated with the rate of injury for large establishments with days-away-from-work cases. 6 The marginal effect of a change in the variable of interest on the mean injury rate I is evaluated at the sample mean X _ and calculated as…”

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Does Safety Training Reduce Work Injury in the United States?

Waehrer¹,

Miller²

2009

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Using a cross-sectional model, this paper analyzes the relationships between occupational injury rates and worker safety training, workplace safety practices, and health-oriented employee benefits in the United States. We merged U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics establishment-level data on employee training, benefits, and rates of occupational injuries and illnesses with days away from work, obtaining a data set on 2,358 establishments, 62% of them with at least 250 employees. Weighted two-stage regression models were used to provide a rare look at the effect of training, benefit packages, and workplace practices on occupational injury rates. The results suggest that safety training increases the reporting of injuries and illnesses but also has real safety effects on days-away-from-work incidents, especially in smaller firms. While overexertion incidents were resistant to safety training, toxic exposure events were reduced in manufacturing establishments with a formal safety training program. Wellness programs and Employee Assistance Programs were associated with lower days-away-from-work injury and illness rates and costs in large firms where they are more common. Workplace innovations like total quality management significantly increased the reporting of days-away-fromwork injuries and illnesses.

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