Costs of Occupational Injury and Illness Across States

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• Personal Author:
  Cassady D ; Leigh JP ; Miller TR ; Waehrer G
• Description:
  The objective of this study was to estimate occupational injury and illness costs per worker across states. Analysis was conducted on injury data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics and costs data from workers' compensation records. The following states were at the top of the list for average cost (cost per worker): West Virginia, Alaska, Wyoming, Kentucky, and Mississippi. The following states were at the bottom: South Carolina, Delaware, Minnesota, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire. The following variables (and signs on regression coefficients comparing this industry with manufacturing) were important in explaining the variation across states: employment in farming (+), agricultural service, forestry, fishing (+), mining (+), transportation and public utilities (+), wholesale trade (-), and finance, insurance, real estate (-). Southern and especially Western states were disproportionately represented in the high cost per worker list. A significant amount of the variation in cost per worker across states was explained by the composition of industries. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Delivery Of Health Care Demography Occupational Diseases Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Costs Demographic Characteristics Health Care Injuries Medical Care Occupational Diseases Occupational Illness Workers Compensation
• ISSN:
  1076-2752
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant ; Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  California ; Maryland ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 9
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  46
• Issue:
  10
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20029436
• Citation:
  J Occup Environ Med 2004 Oct; 46(10):1084-1095
• Contact Point Address:
  J. Paul Leigh, PhD, Department of Public Health Sciences, University of California Medical School, Davis, CA 95616-8638
• Email:
  pleigh@ucdavis.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2005
• Performing Organization:
  Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation, Calverton, Maryland
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20000601
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
• End Date:
  20040531
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:6995a394af675d11c427bd2b1c39575b532fac98fa10459ab81859871ecf473737a3389fc448a6ea2da36405b1776ada307357b398669b37a7535547368dc372
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/190416/cdc_190416_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 408.66 KB ]