Analysis of workers' compensation claims data for improving safety outcomes in agribusiness industries

Ramaswamy, Sai K.

doi:10.31274/etd-180810-5027

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“…Our results showed that the proportion of serious claims increased with the increase of age. Moreover, a 1-year increase in age was associated with a 3.7% and 1.3% increase of compensation expenditure and working time lost, respectively, indicating that older workers sustained more severe injuries than their younger counterparts and required more days away from work to recover [35,40,41]. Schwatka et al attributed this to older workers' selectively reporting serious injuries due to worries of negative attention for their carelessness or unsafe behaviours [42].…”

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Characterising the Burden of Work-Related Injuries in South Australia: A 15-Year Data Analysis

Xiang,

Mittinty,

Tong

et al. 2020

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To characterise the burden of work-related injuries in South Australia, workers' compensation claim data were obtained from SafeWork South Australia between 2000 and 2014. Descriptive analyses were performed to investigate the burden of work-related injuries by age, gender, occupation, industry, and nature and mechanism of injury. Dunn's test was used to compare the injury costs and working days lost by industry and occupation. Ordinary linear regression was used to investigate the age-injury cost association. A total of 464,139 workers' compensation claims were reported during the 15-year period in South Australia, with an overall rate of 4.6 claims per 100 employees, resulting in a total of 20,861,001 working days lost and AU$14.9 billion dollars of compensation payment. Between 2000 to 2014, the annual claim rates, compensation payments, working days lost, and number of work-related death reduced by 59.3, 73.8, 87.1, and 78.6 percent, respectively, while the median compensation payment increased by 67.3% from AU$968 to AU$1620. A 1-year increase in age was associated with a 2.1% (Rate Ratio, RR = 1.021, 95% CI: 1.020-1.022) increase in compensation costs and a 1.3% (RR = 1.013, 95% CI: 1.012-1.020) increase in working days lost. Work-related injury rates are declining in most sectors, however some workers, especially young male technicians and labourers in the community services industry, remain at higher risk. Challenges for workers' health and safety include the aging labour force, vehicle incidents, and severe injuries among new and foreign-born workers.

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Section: Injury Severity: Growing Challenges Of An Aging Labour Forcementioning

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Characterising the Burden of Work-Related Injuries in South Australia: A 15-Year Data Analysis

Xiang,

Mittinty,

Tong

et al. 2020

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“…Further, existing literature that has used WC data to estimate associated payments has been limited in scope with regards to sample size, states included, limited injury characteristics analyzed individually, etc. [ 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 ]. This research effort uses data from a large insurance program covering several years and all fifty states to provide estimates for WC payments across specific injury characteristics related categories, stratified by the claim severity.…”

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Analyzing Workers’ Compensation Claims and Payments Made Using Data from a Large Insurance Provider

Baidwan

Carroll

Ozaydin

et al. 2020

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Background: All states in the USA have established Workers’ Compensation (WC) insurance systems/programs. WC systems address key occupational safety and health concerns. This effort uses data from a large insurance provider for the years 2011–2018 to provide estimates for WC payments, stratified by the claim severity, i.e., medical only, and indemnity. Methods: Besides providing descriptive statistics, we used generalized estimating equations to analyze the association between the key injury characteristics (nature, source, and body part injured) and total WC payments made. We also provide the overall cost burden for the former. Results: Out of the total 151,959 closed claims, 83% were medical only. The mean overall WC payment per claim for the claims that resulted in a payment was $1477 (SD: $7221). Adjusted models showed that mean payments vary by claim severity. For example, among medical only claims, the mean payment was the highest for amputations ($3849; CI: $1396, $10,608), and among disability and death related claims, ruptures cost the most ($14,285; $7772, $26,255). With frequencies taken into account, the overall cost burden was however the highest for strains. Conclusions: Workplace interventions should prioritize both the costs of claims on average and the frequency.

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Analysis of workers' compensation claims data for improving safety outcomes in agribusiness industries

Abstract: for serving on my program of study committee and for their help and guidance throughout this project. I thank the mid-west based insurance company for their help with the data used in this study. I thank my fellow graduate students,

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Characterising the Burden of Work-Related Injuries in South Australia: A 15-Year Data Analysis

Characterising the Burden of Work-Related Injuries in South Australia: A 15-Year Data Analysis

Analyzing Workers’ Compensation Claims and Payments Made Using Data from a Large Insurance Provider

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