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State Workers’ Compensation Reform and Workplace Safety Regulations



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  • Description:
    The reform of many state workers' compensation systems during the 1980s and 1990s resulted in the adoption of workplace safety regulations on the state level. The purpose of most state-level workplace safety laws is to reduce occupational injuries and subsequent workers' compensation costs. As part of a study to evaluate the effects of four specific types of mandatory state-level workplace safety initiatives during the time period 1992 to 1997, state-level legislation was reviewed and classified for 50 states. The four types of state-level workplace safety initiatives are safety committee laws, safety program laws, workers' compensation insurance carrier loss control regulations, and employer targeting programs (enforcement based on high claims or high injury rate). During the time period studied, 26 states had one or more of the four types of initiatives. Seventy-three percent of the requirements were implemented between 1991 and 1995. Targeting programs were found to be the most popular type of state-level workplace initiatives. [Description provided by NIOSH]
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  • ISSN:
    0099-0027
  • Document Type:
    Text
  • Funding:
    Grant
  • Genre:
    Journal Article
  • Place as Subject:
  • CIO:
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
  • Topic:
    Workplace Safety & Health
  • Location:
    North America
  • Pages in Document:
    45-50
  • Volume:
    46
  • Issue:
    12
  • NIOSHTIC Number:
    nn:20057721
  • Citation:
    Prof Saf 2001 Dec; 46(12):45-50
  • Federal Fiscal Year:
    2002
  • Performing Organization:
    Deep South Center for Occupational Health and Safety, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
  • Peer Reviewed:
    True
  • Start Date:
    19980701
  • Source Full Name:
    Professional Safety
  • End Date:
    20040630
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  • Main Document Checksum:
    urn:sha-512:ceab9b3e97acb52161cff486ea1f440cb8727d5ce732dec9b4c30e05934bac2912f544c7331334c041dbf5b1ebee2795f152b25534fa4e0656406b327cdb9a12
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