The impact of non‐fatal workplace injuries and illnesses on mortality

Abstract

Lost-time occupational injuries are associated with a substantially elevated mortality hazard. This implies an important formerly unmeasured cost of these injuries and a further reason to focus on preventing them. Am. J. Ind. Med. 59:1061-1069, 2016. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

Increased overall and cause‐specific mortality associated with disability among workers’ compensation claimants with low back injuries

“…Our study adds to a growing body of literature on the adverse health effects of a departure from the workplace. However, we are aware of only two other studies reporting an increase in overall mortality associated with disability, which is specifically work‐related, while this is the first study to our knowledge to report such an association for work‐related low back injuries.…”

“…Specific causes of death were not reported. Boden et al compared the mortality experience of lost‐time injuries (defined as greater than 7 days off work) to no lost time injuries among New Mexico workers’ compensation claimants from 1994 to 2000 . All diseases and injuries were used in this study.…”

“…Recent studies have reported conflicting results on the effect on overall mortality of unemployment, early retirement, and medical‐related disability . Studies examining the contribution of work‐related disability specifically on mortality are limited but have reported an excess in premature mortality from workplace injuries and diseases in general …”

Use of Logistic Regression to Identify Factors Influencing the Post-Incident State of Occupational Injuries in Agribusiness Operations

“…Occupational safety incidents are among the leading challenges that most industries encounter [1]. Workplace injuries have direct impact on labor-market outcomes, including income reduction, job loss, and health of the injured workers [2]. Workplace incidents include medical and indemnity costs as well as indirect costs.…”

Analysis of workers' compensation claims data for improving safety outcomes in agribusiness industries

“…Occupational injuries in the U.S. continue to be a major concern in several industries including agribusiness such as grain elevators and biofuel production (Boden, O'Leary, Applebaum, & Tripodis, 2016;. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), in 2015 the incident rate of non-fatal occupational injuries for the agricultural industry including production agriculture was 71% higher than the national average (BLS, 2016).…”