Making prevention count: knowing where high cost workers' compensation claims occur

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• Corporate Authors:
  Washington (State). Department of Labor and Industries
• Description:
  The Safety and Health Assessment and Research for Prevention (SHARP) Program examined Washington State workers' compensation data to identify the industries at the highest risk for severe and costly workplace injuries and illnesses. The data will help prioritize where to invest prevention resources for the greatest benefit to workers and employers.SHARP reviewed data for over 810,000 claims filed from 1998-2002 in the Washington State workers' compensation system. The direct costs of the claims exceeded $3.9 billion. Just 21 percent were "compensable." Yet those 21 percent compensable claims accounted for 89 percent of the costs and nearly 98 percent of the time-loss days from work."Compensable" generally means the worker received benefits beyond payment of medical bills. These may include partial wage-replacement benefits for being off work four or more days, disability payments, loss of earning potential, the worker being kept on salary or the claimant's death. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accidental Falls Accidents Automobiles Musculoskeletal Diseases Musculoskeletal System Occupational Health Preventive Medicine Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Back-injuries Extremities Fall-protection Injuries Motor-vehicles Musculoskeletal-system Musculoskeletal-system-disorders Neck-injuries Preventive-medicine Risk-factors Traumatic-injuries Work-environment Workers

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• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Guidance
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 10 ; Washington
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-11
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20044130
• Citation:
  Olympia, WA: Washington State Department of Labor and Industries, 64-2-2005, 2005 Aug; :1-11
• Contact Point Address:
  SHARP Program, Washington State Department of Labor and Industries, PO Box 44330, Olympia, WA 98504-4330
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2005
• Performing Organization:
  Washington State Department of Labor and Industries
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20010701
• Source Full Name:
  Making prevention count: knowing where high cost workers' compensation claims occur
• End Date:
  20060630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:397f310f83c783a9bcc549f9a79d921043b1302b9f289b2e8998843bcc23853141cc6ecb36f80907b1b3e360515120a72d8b8ccc6d8bff965f1ef63a9f5d5621
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/199952/cdc_199952_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 289.56 KB ]