Occupational health and safety surveillance and research using workers' compensation data

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• Personal Author:
  Amick BC III ; Leamon TB ; Schnorr, Teresa M. ; Silverstein BA ; Spieler EA ; Utterback, David F.
• Description:
  OBJECTIVE: Examine uses of US workers' compensation (WC) data for occupational safety and health purposes. METHODS: This article is a summary of the proceedings from an invitational workshop held in September 2009 to discuss the use of WC data for occupational safety and health prevention purposes. RESULTS: Workers' compensation data systems, although limited in many ways, contain information such as medical treatments, their costs and outcomes, and disability causes that are unavailable from national occupational surveillance sources. CONCLUSIONS: Despite their limitations, WC records are collected in a manner consistent with many occupational health and safety surveillance needs. Reports are available on the use of WC data for surveillance and research purposes such as estimating the frequency, magnitude, severity, and cost of compensated injuries. Inconsistencies in WC data can limit generalization of research results. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Health Care Facilities Workforce And Services Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Disabled-workers Health-care Information-processing Information-systems Medical-research Medical-services Medical-treatment Surveillance-programs Worker-health Workers
• ISSN:
  1076-2752
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Massachusetts ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 1 ; OSHA Region 10 ; OSHA Region 5 ; OSHA Region 6 ; Texas ; Washington
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSHEFS - Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  171-176
• Volume:
  54
• Issue:
  2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20040205
• Citation:
  J Occup Environ Med 2012 Feb; :54 (2):171-176
• Contact Point Address:
  David F. Utterback, PhD, CDC/NIOSH, 4676 Columbia Parkway, R-12, Cincinnati, OH 45226
• Email:
  dutterback@cdc.gov
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2012
• NORA Priority Area:
  Services
• Performing Organization:
  University of Washington
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
• End Date:
  20250630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:dbff507f55ded695be7e1f5cfa31c922e709647b7895b2ec56370bae931f9988303441d3148517a58bf22914f9c97d93733f0dd92edb90c400970e28b14bc2e5
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/193153/cdc_193153_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 113.28 KB ]