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States with Low Workplace Nonfatal Injury Rates Have High Fatality Rates and Vice Versa — May 7, 2012

States with low nonfatal injury rates and high fatality rates tend to be in the South, have lower workers' compensation benefits, be less unionized, and pay lower wages—while states with high nonfatal injury rates and lower fatality rates tend to be in the West, pay higher benefits and wages, be more strongly unionized, and carry out more workplace inspections.

California Workplace Safety Program Can Reduce Injuries When Inspectors Enforce It — Jan 26, 2012

The first evaluation of the California Injury and Illness Prevention Program found evidence that it reduces workplace injuries, but only at businesses that had been cited for not addressing the regulation's more-specific safety mandates. Higher penalties could enhance compliance but having inspectors conduct more in-depth assessments and linking the violations and injuries to the program would have more impact.

Better Efforts Needed to Track, Prevent Career-Ending Injuries Among Public Safety Workers — Dec 18, 2008

Non-fatal injuries to police officers, firefighters, emergency medical technicians and other public safety workers are common, but little is done to track these incidents in order to improve prevention efforts.

Pitt Professor Named Director of the Center for Health and Safety in Workplace at the RAND Corporation — Feb 12, 2007

February 12, 2007 news release: Pitt Professor Named Director of the Center for Health and Safety in Workplace at the RAND Corporation

RAND Study Finds That Small, Single-Location Workplaces Are Among the Safest Places to Work — May 5, 2006

May 5, 2006 News Release: RAND Study Finds That Small, Single-Location Workplaces Are Among the Safest Places to Work.

RAND Report Says Greater Effort Needed to Protect Workers from Health Risks Posed by Nanomaterials — Apr 25, 2006

April 25, 2006 News Release: RAND Report Says Greater Effort Needed to Protect Workers from Health Risks Posed by Nanomaterials

RAND Study Proposes Guidelines to Better Protect Emergency Responders at Large Building Collapses — Apr 24, 2006

April 24, 2006 News Release: RAND Study Proposes Guidelines to Better Protect Emergency Responders at Large Building Collapses

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