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Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses Among Local Government Workers (i.e. Municipal, County, and Regional) in Massachusetts, 2009–2011



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  • Description:
    Nationwide, local government workers, including municipal, county and regional workers, have higher rates of nonfatal work-related injuries and illnesses (WRIIs) than workers in the private sector. However, data on WRIIs among workers employed by local government agencies in Massachusetts are limited. Better information about the extent, nature, and cause of WRII among these workers is needed to inform prevention efforts and reduce associated human and economic costs. To address this information gap, the Occupational Health Surveillance Program at the Massachusetts Department of Public Health analyzed data on serious WRIIs among local government workers using workers' compensation (WC) claim records submitted to the Massachusetts Department of Industrial Accidents (DIA). DIA does not receive claims for firefighters and police officers, with rare exceptions, as they are covered by separate systems for compensating work-related health problems. This report presents findings on nonfatal WRIIs among local government workers in Massachusetts during 2009-2011, excluding firefighters and police officers (except where noted). [Description provided by NIOSH]
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  • Publisher:
    Massachusetts Department of Public Health
  • Document Type:
    Text
  • Funding:
    Cooperative Agreement
  • Genre:
    Report
  • Place as Subject:
  • CIO:
    National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
  • Topic:
    Workplace Safety & Health
  • Location:
    North America
  • Pages in Document:
    1-27
  • NIOSHTIC Number:
    nn:20061227
  • Citation:
    Boston, MA: Massachusetts Department of Public Health, 2016 Summer; :1-27
  • Contact Point Address:
    Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Bureau of Community Health and Prevention, Occupational Health Surveillance Program, 250 Washington Street, 4th floor, Boston, MA 02108
  • Email:
    Letitia.Davis@state.ma.us
  • Federal Fiscal Year:
    2016
  • Performing Organization:
    Massachusetts State Department of Public Health
  • Peer Reviewed:
    False
  • Start Date:
    20050701
  • Source Full Name:
    Work-related injuries and illnesses among local government workers (i.e. municipal, county, and regional) in Massachusetts, 2009-2011
  • End Date:
    20260630
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  • Main Document Checksum:
    urn:sha-512:2f8db1c6e030839c8866059c32a270b2ff11ed732b41764ad8f845562c428e2e12adaf4dbb0f0c04d71bdddadfb4fc1b680239f3c7711702ca1ef299500675b1
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