Injury underreporting among small establishments in the construction industry

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• Personal Author:
  Dong, Xiuwen S. ; Fujimoto A ; Gittleman JL ; Platner JW ; Ringen K ; Stafford E ; Wang X
• Description:
  BACKGROUND: There is convincing evidence that occupational injury and illness rates, particularly those reported by employers in the BLS' Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses (SOII), substantially underestimate the true magnitude of injury and illness in the construction industry. METHODS: Fifteen years of data from five large nationally representative data sources were analyzed, including SOII, CFOI, CBP, CPS, and MEPS. Regression trends and ratio analyses were conducted, and stratified by establishment size and Hispanic ethnicity. RESULTS: Small construction establishments were most likely to underreport injuries. The SOII data only captured 25 percent of severe injuries among Hispanic workers, and 60 percent among white workers in small construction establishments. CONCLUSIONS: Underreporting is pervasive in the construction industry for small establishments and Hispanic workers. Given that small establishments are predominant in the U.S. construction industry, they should be the focus of a larger effort to identify the true extent of construction-related injuries. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Construction Industry Occupational Health Race Factors Safety Small Business
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Underreporting BLS Construction Construction-industry Construction-workers Data-processing Diseases Hispanic Workers Information-retrieval-systems Injuries Occupational Injuries And Illnesses OSHA Racial-factors Small-businesses Small Employers/Establishments Statistical-analysis Statistical-quality-control

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• ISSN:
  0271-3586
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Maryland ; OSHA Region 3
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  339-349
• Volume:
  54
• Issue:
  5
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20039345
• Citation:
  Am J Ind Med 2011 May; 54(5):339-349
• Contact Point Address:
  Xiuwen Sue Dong, DrPH, CPWR - The Center for Construction Research and Training, 8484 Georgia Avenue, Suite 1000, Silver Spring, MD 20910
• Email:
  sdong@cpwr.com
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2011
• NORA Priority Area:
  Construction
• Performing Organization:
  CPWR - The Center for Construction Research and Training, Silver Spring, Maryland
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20090901
• Source Full Name:
  American Journal of Industrial Medicine
• End Date:
  20240831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:6985629146db7ee092c0dd49336354fdce6c0ca782c6584dad65ee978d5a7b6ee8ef35abd8ecc1af68c7af6c1353f23930fd39a6f5f45506f86f0b6424aa4d70
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/192681/cdc_192681_DS1.pdf
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