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Recent NIOSH Publications
NIOSH fatal occupational injury cost fact sheets
These fact sheets present the total, mean, and median costs of occupational fatalities by industry (according to the Standard Industrial Classification System) and selected characteristics for the period 1992–2002. Costs are expressed as the sum of direct and indirect costs: direct costs include medical expenses, while indirect costs are expressed as the value of future earnings (in present value terms) summed from the year of death until the decedent would have reached age 67.
A compendium of NIOSH economic research: 2002–2003
DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2005-112 (January 2005)
The purpose of this compendium is to provide an overview of current research projects conducted or funded by NIOSH that focus on prevention and control of occupational injury and illness through economic analysis. The compendium includes 22 NIOSH intramural and 32 NIOSH-funded extramural economic projects or other research projects with a substantial economic component that were being conducted during 2002 and 2003.
Does It really work? How to evaluate safety and health changes in the workplace
DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2004-135 (March 2004)
Businesses are continuously making safety and health changes in the workplace. But when making those changes, successful employers and managers want to be sure that they really work. What were the results? Was the change an improvement? This document presents some examples of positive outcomes that employers use.
Other Publications
NIOSHTIC-2 is a bibliographic database of occupational safety and health publications, documents, grant reports, and other communication products supported by NIOSH. The following is a non-exhaustive list of economics-related communication products that have been disseminated since 1996.
Is the occupational fatal injury experience in the United States really improving?
NORA Symposium 2006: Research Makes a Difference! April 18-26, 2006, Washington, DC. Washington, DC: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 2006 Apr; :186-187
A theory-driven, evidence-based intervention: seven years, four thousand businesses, three safer ways to work
NORA Symposium 2006: Research Makes a Difference! April 18-26, 2006, Washington, DC. Washington, DC: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 2006 Apr; :70-71
The workplace solutions and construction solutions database: web-based hazard and solution information for the small business community and construction industry
NORA Symposium 2006: Research Makes a Difference! April 18-26, 2006, Washington, DC. Washington, DC: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 2006 Apr; :125-126
Reply: characterizing the burden of occupational injury and disease
SO: J Occup Environ Med 2006 Mar; 48(3):233-234
The global burden due to occupational injury
Am J Ind Med 2005 Dec; 48(6):470-481
The global burden of disease due to occupational carcinogens
Am J Ind Med 2005 Dec; 48(6):419-431
The global burden of non-malignant respiratory disease due to occupational airborne exposures
Am J Ind Med 2005 Dec; 48(6):432-445
The cost effectiveness of occupational health interventions: prevention of silicosis
Am J Ind Med 2005 Dec; 48(6):503-514
The global burden of selected occupational diseases and injury risks: methodology and summary
Am J Ind Med 2005 Dec; 48(6):400-418
Estimating the global burden of low back pain attributable to combined occupational exposures
Am J Ind Med 2005 Dec; 48(6):459-469
Use of health and social services following work injuries
NIOSH 2005 Dec; :1-48
Surveillance for isocyanate asthma: a model based cost effectiveness analysis
Occup Environ Med 2005 Nov; 62(11):743-749
Economic consequences of mining injuries
Min Eng 2005 Sep; 57(9):89-92
Development of effective ergonomic interventions
IOHA 2005. 6th International Scientific Conference of the International Occupational Hygiene Association, 19-23 September, 2005, Pilanesberg National Park, North West Province, South Africa. Geneva, Switzerland: World Health Organization, 2005 Sep; :144
Evaluation and solution of workers' health problems: critical analysis in practice
XVIIth World Congress on Safety and Health at Work, September 18-22, 2005, Itasca, Illinois: Congress Secretariat, National Safety Security Council, 2005 Sep; :1
Unclaimed injuries and workers' compensation adequacy
NIOSH 2005 Sep; :1-9
Effects of premium discount on workers' compensation claims in agriculture in Finland
Am J Ind Med 2005 Aug; 48(2):100-109
Commercialization of cost-effective rollover protective structures (CROPS): research-in-progress
Proceedings of the National Institute for Farm Safety (NIFS) Annual Conference, June 26-30, 2005, Wintergreen, Virginia. Columbus, OH: National Institute for Farm Safety, 2005 Jun; :1-19
Societal cost of workplace homicides in the United States, 1992-2001
Am J Ind Med 2005 Jun; 47(6):518-527
Characterizing the burden of occupational injury and disease
J Occup Environ Med 2005 Jun; 47(6):607-622
Cost effectiveness of a dealer's intervention in retrofitting rollover protective structures
Inj Prev 2005 Jun; 11(3):169-173
Societal cost of workplace homicides in the United States
2005 National Injury Prevention and Control Conference, May 9-11, 2005, Denver, Colorado. Atlanta, GA: Centers and Disease Control and Prevention, 2005 May; :105
Economic costs: another alternative for measuring workplace fatalities
IAIABC Journal 2005 Apr-Jun; 42(1):173-192
Costs of occupational injury and illness within the health services sector
Int J Health Serv 2005 Apr-Jun; 35(2):343-359
How does health insurance affect workers' compensation filing?
RAND Working Paper No. WR-205-1-ICJ. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 2005 Apr; :1-37
Early retirement due to occupational injury: who is at risk?
Am J Ind Med 2005 Apr; 47(4):285-295
Deriving occupational fatal injury costs: a state pilot study
Compens Work Cond 2005 Feb; :1-7
Contribution of occupational risk factors to the global burden of disease—a summary of findings
Scand J Work, Environ & Health 2005 Jan; 31(Suppl 1):58-61
Occupational disease and workers' compensation: coverage, costs, and consequences
Millbank Q 2004 Dec; 82(4):689-721
Synthesis and recommendations of the economic evaluation of OHS interventions at the company level conference
J Saf Res 2004 Nov; 36(3):261-267
An evaluation of a “best practices” musculoskeletal injury prevention program in nursing homes
Inj Prev 2004 Oct; 10(4):206-211
Costs of occupational injury and illness across states
J Occup Environ Med 2004 Oct; 46(10):1084-1095
Costs of large truck-involved crashes in the United States
Accid Anal Prev 2004 Sep; 36(5):801-808
The economic cost of fatal occupational injuries in the United States, 1980-1997
Contemp Econ Policy 2004 Jul; 22(3):370-381
Changes in the economic analysis for social regulation in the United States.
Proceedings of the 5th International Conference. Measuring the Burden of Injury, June 3-4, 2004, Baden bei Wien, Austria. Ottawa, Canada: Transport Canada, 2004 Jun; :8-11
Costs of occupational injury and illness across industries
Scand J Work, Environ & Health 2004 Jun; 30(3):199-205
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