What is Happening to Injured Computer Users? A Study of CWA District 1 Members

Ochsner, Michele; Love, Marsha; Lynch, Richard; John, Louise De; Huie, Shirley

doi:10.2190/tkkl-85xy-b2mf-7fyt

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“…This increase is consistent with findings in other jurisdictions. In the United States, researchers have noted either increases in accepted MSD claims (4,10,11) or a failure to reduce the number of successful MSD claims in jurisdictions where the numbers of other compensated injuries are down (12). Increased numbers of claims were noted in Canada (3) and in France, which witnessed a more than tenfold increase between 1987 and 1997 (13).…”

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“…Several studies have found that employers often contest compensation claims for MSDs and that compensation boards in Canada (3, p. 94) and boards and insurers in the United States (1,4) are often likely to refuse such claims. The workers are then forced to appeal their refusals, thus prolonging delays in access to compensation (and, in the United States, to medical treatment) for many years.…”

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“…. Without economic support, the worker often is compelled to continue in the job that is causing the injury, thus exacerbating the injury (3), and even surgery for carpal tunnel syndrome may be ineffective if the worker continues to be exposed to the conditions that caused the original injury (4,5). Erroneous refusal of claims may thus exacerbate the gravity of the disability, and in many cases leads to permanent damage when early treatment could have prevented the onset of handicap.…”

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Compensation for Musculoskeletal Disorders in Quebec: Systemic Discrimination against Women Workers?

Lippel¹

2003

Int J Health Serv

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Criteria for evaluating workers' compensation claims for occupational disease are strongly linked to medical expertise as supported by scientific study, yet decision-makers are not necessarily familiar with the meaning of these studies. While this is a problem for all claimants, who bear the burden of proving that work caused their injury, the adverse impact of misunderstanding of scientific data can have particular consequences for women, whose work more often appears to be benign. This article reports on a study of empirical data drawn from analysis of 314 workers' compensation appeal tribunal decisions on compensation claims, in Quebec, for musculoskeletal disorders alleged to be related to repetitive work. The study considers randomly selected decisions rendered between 1994 and 1996 on diagnoses of tendonitis, epicondylitis, and carpal tunnel syndrome and, in a follow-up, looks at significant legal decisions by the same tribunals, rendered over a longer period (1987-96). Results indicate that women workers are significantly less likely than their male counterparts to have their occupational disease claims accepted by the appeal tribunal. Evidence suggests that inappropriate overreliance on scientific studies for adjudication purposes contributes to a greater rate of refusal of claims by women workers.

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Compensation for Musculoskeletal Disorders in Quebec: Systemic Discrimination against Women Workers?

Lippel¹

2003

Int J Health Serv

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“…And they ignore the impact of work injuries on the relationships of workers and their children and spouses. These issues have been studied by a few non-economists [89][90][91], but they rarely reach the purview of policymakers and legislators. Studies describing the impacts of work injuries on specific people tend to portray injured workers in a much more favorable light.…”

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Moral Hazard: A Question of Morality?

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Boden²

2000

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Economists use the term moral hazard to describe the tendency for insurance plans to encourage behavior that increases the risk of insured loss. Numerous economic studies have examined moral hazard effects in workers' compensation. Many of these have focused on the supposed propensity of workers to exercise less caution or to file more claims in response to increases in workers' compensation benefit levels. Although many authorities insist that moral hazard is a value-neutral concept, there are often pejorative connotations associated with contemporary discussions of moral hazard that intentionally or unintentionally disparage the motives of workers and undermine public support for workers' compensation programs. This article critically examines that literature and explores the conceptual underpinnings of economists' claims that employee moral hazard is rampant in workers' compensation. We examine the historical roots of moral hazard and its role in recent economic analyses of workers' compensation, consider the practical and ethical implications of that discourse, and offer suggestions for a truly value-neutral approach that would describe the system more fairly and accurately.

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“…In Canada a recent report indicates that women are less likely to have contested claims for musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) accepted by an appeals tribunal than their male counterparts ( Lippel 2003 ). The mislabeling and early mismanagement of these disorders may affect their clinical course ( Andersson et al 1995 ; Buckle 1997 ; Oschner et al 1998 ) and may have adverse consequences for women who balance multiple roles at home and work.…”

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Exploration of Work and Health Disparities among Black Women Employed in Poultry Processing in the Rural South

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McDonald

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Environ Health Perspect

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We describe an ongoing collaboration that developed as academic investigators responded to a specific request from community members to document health effects on black women of employment in poultry-processing plants in rural North Carolina. Primary outcomes of interest are upper extremity musculoskeletal disorders and function as well as quality of life. Because of concerns of community women and the history of poor labor relations, we decided to conduct this longitudinal study in a manner that did not require involvement of the employer. To provide more detailed insights into the effects of this type of employment, the epidemiologic analyses are supplemented by ethnographic interviews. The resulting approach requires community collaboration. Community-based staff, as paid members of the research team, manage the local project office, recruit and retain participants, conduct interviews, coordinate physical assessments, and participate in outreach. Other community members assisted in the design of the data collection tools and the recruitment of longitudinal study participants and took part in the ethnographic component of the study. This presentation provides an example of one model through which academic researchers and community members can work together productively under challenging circumstances. Notable accomplishments include the recruitment and retention of a cohort of low-income rural black women, often considered hard to reach in research studies. This community-based project includes a number of elements associated with community-based participatory research.

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What is Happening to Injured Computer Users? A Study of CWA District 1 Members

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Compensation for Musculoskeletal Disorders in Quebec: Systemic Discrimination against Women Workers?

Compensation for Musculoskeletal Disorders in Quebec: Systemic Discrimination against Women Workers?

Moral Hazard: A Question of Morality?

Exploration of Work and Health Disparities among Black Women Employed in Poultry Processing in the Rural South

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