Lost Time Injury Rates

Author : Rodrigo Finkelstein
Publisher : Studies in Critical Social Sciences
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2023-04-25
Category : Industrial accidents
ISBN : 1642598178

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Lost-Time Injury Rates by Rodrigo Finkelstein Pdf

Workplace compensation has become an industry unto itself. What are its relations of production and role in contemporary capitalism? In Lost-Time Injury Rates Rodrigo Finkelstein examines the information-intensive operations of recording and processing work-related accidents, diseases and fatalities carried out by Workers' Compensation Systems. Situated within the field of political economy of information, this critique contributes to the understanding of how injury rates service a specific sector of the economy by constructing lost labour power for sale. Finkelstein convincingly argues that injury rates must be seen as grounded in the capitalist mode of production, and that they constitute a historical social relation that, by taking the semblance of inductive indicators, conceal specific capitalist relations that bring about the exchange and distribution of lost labour power among capitalists and wage labourers.

Author : William Charney
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 1252 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2009-07-28
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781420047868

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Handbook of Modern Hospital Safety by William Charney Pdf

It is ironic that those whose job it is to save lives often find themselves injured in the course of performing their duties. In fact, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, healthcare workers have higher injury rates than agriculture workers, miners, and construction workers. The Handbook of Modern Hospital Safety, Second Edition covers expo

Author : National Safety Council
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Accidents
ISBN : 087912282X

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National Safety Council Injury Facts by National Safety Council Pdf

Author : Urban Kjellen
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 451 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2002-01-04
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780203186176

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Prevention of Accidents Through Experience Feedback by Urban Kjellen Pdf

Providing a practical introduction to the basic theories and principals of accident prevention through diagnosis and feedback control, this book presents the various methods and tools of safety, health, and environment (SHE) practice where experience feedback is employed. These include methods of accident and near accident reporting and investigation, workplace inspection, SHE performance measurement, and safety analysis and auditing. It also assesses potentials and limitations of the different methods and tools, including learning from experience of unwanted events and errors. It includes highly applicable data on developing a computer-supported SHE information system.

Author : Institute of Medicine,National Research Council,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Panel on Musculoskeletal Disorders and the Workplace
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 511 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2001-06-24
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780309072847

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Musculoskeletal Disorders and the Workplace by Institute of Medicine,National Research Council,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Panel on Musculoskeletal Disorders and the Workplace Pdf

Every year workers' low-back, hand, and arm problems lead to time away from jobs and reduce the nation's economic productivity. The connection of these problems to workplace activities-from carrying boxes to lifting patients to pounding computer keyboards-is the subject of major disagreements among workers, employers, advocacy groups, and researchers. Musculoskeletal Disorders and the Workplace examines the scientific basis for connecting musculoskeletal disorders with the workplace, considering people, job tasks, and work environments. A multidisciplinary panel draws conclusions about the likelihood of causal links and the effectiveness of various intervention strategies. The panel also offers recommendations for what actions can be considered on the basis of current information and for closing information gaps. This book presents the latest information on the prevalence, incidence, and costs of musculoskeletal disorders and identifies factors that influence injury reporting. It reviews the broad scope of evidence: epidemiological studies of physical and psychosocial variables, basic biology, biomechanics, and physical and behavioral responses to stress. Given the magnitude of the problem-approximately 1 million people miss some work each year-and the current trends in workplace practices, this volume will be a must for advocates for workplace health, policy makers, employers, employees, medical professionals, engineers, lawyers, and labor officials.

Author : Michael Karmis
Publisher : SME
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0873352009

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Mine Health and Safety Management by Michael Karmis Pdf

This book focuses on instilling a safety culture and fostering the ability to recognize and manage health and safety responsibilities and requirements. It details effective and safety management systems and concentrates on safety and health hazard anticipation, identification, evaluation, and control.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 16 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1955
Category : Electronic
ISBN : HARVARD:32044032087991

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Work Injury Rates ... by Anonim Pdf

Author : J. Paul Leigh
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0472110810

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Costs of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses by J. Paul Leigh Pdf

As the debate over health care reform continues, costs have become a critical measure in the many plans and proposals to come before us. Knowing costs is important because it allows comparisons across such disparate health conditions as AIDS, Alzheimer's disease, heart disease, and cancer. This book presents the results of a major study estimating the large and largely overlooked costs of occupational injury and illness--costs as large as those for cancer and over four times the costs of AIDS. The incidence and mortality of occupational injury and illness were assessed by reviewing data from national surveys and applied an attributable-risk-proportion method. Costs were assessed using the human capital method that decomposes costs into direct categories such as medical costs and insurance administration expenses, as well as indirect categories such as lost earnings and lost fringe benefits. The total is estimated to be $155 billion and is likely to be low as it does not include costs associated with pain and suffering or of home care provided by family members. Invaluable as an aid in the analysis of policy issues, Costs of Occupational Injuryand Illness will serve as a resource and reference for economists, policy analysts, public health researchers, insurance administrators, labor unions and labor lawyers, benefits managers, and environmental scientists, among others. J. Paul Leigh is Professor in the School of Medicine, Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, University of California, Davis. Stephen Markowitz, M.D., is Professor in the Department of Community Health and Social Medicine, City University of New York Medical School. Marianne Fahs is Director of the Health Policy Research Center, Milano Graduate School of Management and Urban Policy, New School University. Philip Landrigan, M.D., is Wise Professor and Chair of the Department of Community Medicine, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York.

Author : Ron Charles McKinnon
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2019-04-23
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 1420032666

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Cause, Effect, and Control of Accidental Loss with Accident Investigation Kit by Ron Charles McKinnon Pdf

Accident: an undesired event that results in loss. Most people give little thought to accidents or their prevention. Health and safety professionals face this challenge, and its associated costs and losses, both human and financial, every day. Cause, Effect, and Control of Accidental Loss with Accident Investigation Kit provides the tools you need

Author : Karen Taswell,Peter Wingfield Digby
Publisher : International Labor Office
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Housing surveys
ISBN : UCSC:32106019988325

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Occupational Injuries Statistics from Household Surveys and Establishment Surveys by Karen Taswell,Peter Wingfield Digby Pdf

Provides guidance for national labour statisticians engaged in or proposing to start the compilation of statistics on occupational injuries through household surveys or establishment surveys.

Author : United States. Bureau of Mines
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1945
Category : Bituminous coal mines and mining
ISBN : UOM:39015077562240

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Accident Statistics as an Aid to Prevention of Accidents in Bituminous-coal Mines by United States. Bureau of Mines Pdf

Author : Bob Barnetson
Publisher : Athabasca University Press
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781926836003

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The Political Economy of Workplace Injury in Canada by Bob Barnetson Pdf

Workplace injuries are common, avoidable, and unacceptable. The Political Economy of Workplace Injury in Canada reveals how employers and governments engage in ineffective injury prevention efforts, intervening only when necessary to maintain standard legitimacy. Barnetson sheds light on this faulty system, highlighting the way in which employers create dangerous work environments yet pour billions of dollars into compensation and treatment. Examining this dynamic clarifies the way in which production costs are passed on to workers in the form of workplace injuries.

Author : Sidney Dekker
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2014-06-23
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781482242003

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Safety Differently by Sidney Dekker Pdf

The second edition of a bestseller, Safety Differently: Human Factors for a New Era is a complete update of Ten Questions About Human Error: A New View of Human Factors and System Safety. Today, the unrelenting pace of technology change and growth of complexity calls for a different kind of safety thinking. Automation and new technologies have resu

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1962
Category : Hotels
ISBN : UIUC:30112101926894

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Work Injuries and Work-injury Rates in Hotels by Anonim Pdf

Author : Institute of Medicine,National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Board on Behavioral, Cognitive, and Sensory Sciences,Committee on the Health and Safety Needs of Older Workers
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2004-03-26
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780309091114

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Health and Safety Needs of Older Workers by Institute of Medicine,National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Board on Behavioral, Cognitive, and Sensory Sciences,Committee on the Health and Safety Needs of Older Workers Pdf

Mirroring a worldwide phenomenon in industrialized nations, the U.S. is experiencing a change in its demographic structure known as population aging. Concern about the aging population tends to focus on the adequacy of Medicare and Social Security, retirement of older Americans, and the need to identify policies, programs, and strategies that address the health and safety needs of older workers. Older workers differ from their younger counterparts in a variety of physical, psychological, and social factors. Evaluating the extent, causes, and effects of these factors and improving the research and data systems necessary to address the health and safety needs of older workers may significantly impact both their ability to remain in the workforce and their well being in retirement. Health and Safety Needs of Older Workers provides an image of what is currently known about the health and safety needs of older workers and the research needed to encourage social polices that guarantee older workers a meaningful share of the nation's work opportunities.