Evaluating Injury and Illness Trends in Federal and Postal Service Employees Using Workers’ Compensation Claims Data 2007–2022

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• Personal Author:
  Bushnell PT ; Krieg EF ; Meyers, Alysha R. ; Tseng C-Y ; Van Nguyen N ; Wurzelbacher, Steven J.
• Description:
  Objective: The purpose of this study was to understand federal workplace injury/illness trends. Methods: Over 1.5 million federal and Postal Service employee workers' compensation (WC) claims from 2007 to 2022 were linked to employment data and analyzed. Results: From 2007 to 2019, falls, slips, trips represented the highest proportion of claims (30.7%), followed by overexertion and bodily reaction (24.4%), unclassified (16.4%), contact with objects and equipment (13.1%), violence and other injuries by persons or animals (8.8%), transportation incidents (4.0%), exposure to harmful substances or environments (2.5%), and fires and explosions (0.24%). From 2020 to 2022, COVID-19 drove a major shift to exposure to harmful substances or environments representing the highest proportion of claims (44.3%). Conclusions: Claims data represent a potentially rich data source that employing agencies can use to focus prevention and treatment of injury/illness. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Communicable Diseases Epidemiology Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Workers' Compensation COVID-19 Federal Employees Injuries Injury Prevention Postal Employees Postal Service Prevention Safety And Health Workers Compensation
• ISSN:
  1076-2752
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Chicago Region [OSHA] ; Ohio
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DFSE - Division of Field Studies and Engineering ; OD - Office of the Director
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  132-152
• Volume:
  67
• Issue:
  2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20070319
• Citation:
  J Occup Environ Med 2025 Feb; 67(2):132-152
• Contact Point Address:
  Steven Joseph Wurzelbacher, PhD, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), 1090 Tusculum Ave, MS R-14, Cincinnati, OH 45226-1998
• Email:
  Srw3@cdc.gov
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2025
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:31aec56d307920c2acd0557314fc82ab3ad242b1ecfd3773dc77e939a61e47429f4d36095dc269db87427c66e20f8bc844bf302004759b9cd46ac2e38779634c
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/208553/cdc_208553_DS1.pdf
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