Capture-recapture estimates of nonfatal workplace injuries and illnesses
Capture-recapture estimates of nonfatal workplace injuries and illnesses
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DOI：
10.1016/j.annepidem.2007.11.003
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发表时间：
2008-06-01
影响因子：
5.6
通讯作者：
Ozonoff, Al
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作者：
Boden, Leslie I.;Ozonoff, Al
目得：我们研究了美国两个最重要的非致命性伤害和疾病报告数据来源：工人赔偿数据和劳工统计局（BLS）年度职业伤害和疾病调查。我们将1998年向劳工统计局报告的企业的个案记录与向六个州的工人赔偿系统报告的个案联系起来，2002年，并使用捕获-再捕获分析来估计报告的伤害比例。数据针对私营部门工人，不包括采矿、铁路和水运、临时就业机构、会员组织和小型农业企业。结果：对于有资格获得收入福利的伤害和疾病，使用保守的假设，我们估计六个州的工人赔偿制度在抽样行业中遗漏了超过18万起损失时间的伤害，劳工统计局的调查错过了近340，000，约69，000伤害未报告给任一system.CONCLUSIONS：漏报的非致命性职业伤害和疾病是大量的两个系统，但特别是在职业伤害和疾病的调查。使用这两个来源提高了覆盖率，但福尔斯远远低于六个州中四个州的准确计数。报告率差异很大，因此我们无法推断整个美国的报告率。
PURPOSE: We examine reporting of nonfatal injury and illness reporting for the two most important sources of such data in the United States: workers' compensation data and the Bureau of Labor Statistics' (BLS) annual Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses.METHODS: We linked individual case records from establishments reporting to the BLS with individual cases reported to workers' compensation systems in six states for 1998-2002 and used capture-recapture analysis to estimate the proportion of injuries reported. Data are for private sector workers and exclude mining, railroad and water transportation, temporary employment agencies, membership organizations, and small agricultural establishments.RESULTS: For injuries and illnesses eligible for income benefits, using conservative assumptions, we estimate that workers' compensation systems in the six states missed over 180,000 lost-time injuries in the sampled industries, that the BLS survey missed almost 340,000, and that about 69,000 injuries were unreported to either system.CONCLUSIONS: Underreporting of nonfatal occupational injury and illness is substantial in both systems, but particularly in the Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses. Using both sources improves coverage but falls far short of an accurate count for four of the six states. Reporting rates vary widely, so we cannot infer them for the entire United States.