Immediate Inpatient Hospitalizations for Work-Related Injury – Washington State, 2014

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• Personal Author:
  Anderson NJ ; Bonauto DK ; Wuellner SE
• Description:
  Immediate inpatient hospitalizations resulting from work-related injuries are a small propotion of injuries but indicate a need for intervention to reduce hazards and diminish the risk for future injuries. This report describes the creation of a unique surveillance system designed to identify immediate inpatient hospitalizations in Washington State using a multi-step process linking WA workers' compensation (WC) data with WA hospital discharge data. Employers throughout the United States are required to report work-related immediate inpatient hospitalizations to their state or OSHA regional office. Characterizing these hospitalizations may be valuable both for prevention efforts and for development of surveillance programs in states that are interested in assessing the completeness of employers' reporting hospitalizations to their OSHA programs. In Washington State in 2014, there were 668 immediate inpatient hospitalizations. Of these, 80% male, and more than half were over 45 years of age; 555 (83%) were covered by the State Fund (SF) and 113 (17%) were Self-Insured (SI). The SF immediate hospitalizations accounted for $35,632,712 dollars (costs at 1 year paid-to-date), 2,561 days spent in the hospital, and 123, 318 days of time loss paid. Among all claims, the most common injury types were 'fracture' and 'fractures and other injuries ' (53%). The most common injury event or exposure leading to immediate hospitalization was "Fall from Elevation" (22%). Immediate hospitalizations peak in the third quarter of the calendar year. The highest rates were found in the Construction, and Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting industry sectors. Most immediate inpatient hospitalizations are traumatic injuries which significantly differs from all work-related hospitalizations, which reflect care for musculoskeletal disorders or subsequent hospitalizations occurring after the onset of a claim. The immediate inpatient work-related hospitalization surveillance system provides descriptive data regarding high risk industries, and results can be used to inform prevention efforts, to monitor trends over time and to evaluate employer compliance with reporting regulations. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accidental Falls Accidents Epidemiology Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Costs Falls Injuries Injury Prevention Occupational Safety And Health Surveillance Surveillance Programs Traumatic Injuries Workers Compensation
• Publisher:
  Washington State Department of Labor and Industries
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Report
• 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:
  1-27
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20059144
• Citation:
  Olympia, WA: Washington State Department of Labor and Industries, Technical Report 96-04-2017, 2017 Jun; :1-27
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2017
• Performing Organization:
  Washington State Department of Labor and Industries
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Immediate inpatient hospitalizations for work-related injury - Washington State, 2014
• End Date:
  20260630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:349ede49f1e2053656715489e00f414ef6b63be974e4777c795659c971054cf0f4ee37fe0682aab5f2b2b3611815e1e08e77fea4a24c0ed645a672c8564c9d91
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/223454/cdc_223454_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
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