نتایج جستجو برای: injured workers

تعداد نتایج: 139290  

2017
Helen Razmjou Dragana Boljanovic Alicia Savona

Background: The objectives of this study were to report the prevalence of adhesive capsulitis (AC) in injured workers seen at an Early Shoulder Physician Assessment (ESPA) Program and to explore patient characteristics and risk factors associated with this condition. Methods and Findings: This study involved a review of the electronic files of injured workers who were referred to an early asses...

2015
Wanhyung Lee Jin-Ha Yoon Jaehoon Roh Yeong-Kwang Kim Hongdeok Seok June-Hee Lee Jong-Uk Won

OBJECTIVES This study aims to investigate associated factors including the physician and the employer of successful return to work (RTW) in occupationally injured workers. METHODS This study is based on the first panel study of workers' compensation insurance (PSWCI), published in June 2014. The PSWCI is a sample survey of occupationally injured workers who completed medical care in 2012 (89,...

2017
Helen Razmjou Dragana Boljanovic Sandra Lincoln Richard Holtby Stephen Gallay Patrick Henry Iona Macritchie Cheryl Borthwick Lauren Mayer Carolyn Roknic Deborah Shore Allison Kamino Julie Grossman Joanne Hill Gargi Singh Niki Travers Loraine Yanofsky Marni Wilson Shellina Sumar Alicia Savona Filomena De Medeiros Helen Mann Aisha Champsi Stefanie Chau Danielle Medeiros Robin R. Richards

BACKGROUND Work-related rotator cuff injuries are a common cause of disability and employee time loss. PURPOSE To examine the effectiveness of expedited rotator cuff surgery in injured workers who underwent rotator cuff decompression or repair and to explore the impact of demographic, clinical, and psychosocial factors in predicting the outcome of surgery. STUDY DESIGN Case series; Level of...

2015
Helen Razmjou Dragana Boljanovic Sandra Lincoln Chris Geddes Iona Macritchie Caterina Virdo-Cristello Robin R Richards

BACKGROUND There is minimal research on demographics, type of injury and diagnosis of injured workers with shoulder problems. The purposes of this study were: 1) to document the demographics of patients with shoulder complaints referred to an Early Shoulder Physician Assessment (ESPA) Program and to describe the recommended management, and 2) to examine the relationship between patient characte...

2002
Barry T. Hirsch David A. Macpherson J. Michael DuMond

This study estimates union effects on workers' compensation indemnity claims during 1977-92, based on individual panel data constructed from the March Current Population Survey. Union members were substantially more likely to receive workers' compensation benefits than were similar nonunion workers, and they were more sensitive to variation in benefit levels and waiting periods. The authors sug...

Journal: :Occupational health & safety 2006
Ron Cox

Each year over 100,000 injuries and deaths are attributable to work-related falls. According to the National Safety Council, falls are one of the leading causes of deaths in the workplace. In addition to permanent injuries and lost lives caused by falls, businesses lose billions of dollars each year from significant increases in insurance premiums, workers’ compensation claims, product liabilit...

2017
Fabriziomaria Gobba Enrico Dall’Olio Alberto Modenese Michele De Maria Luca Campi Gian Maria Cavallini

The province of Modena is one of the most industrialized areas of Northern Italy. The medical records of the Ophthalmological Emergency Department (OED) of Modena University Hospital were studied: there were 13,470 OED accesses in 2014 and in 754 cases that an occupational eye injury occurred. The frequency of work-related eye injuries (3‰) was lower compared to other published studies, but the...

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