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Sep 11, 2023

Feasibility Study for a What Works Centre for Safety

This study explores the potential impact of establishing a What Works Centre for Safety and concludes that it would add value to existing work in this area, but its feasibility will depend on the balance struck across different strategic dimensions.

Giulia Maistrello, Robert Donoghue, William Phillips, Avery Adams, Jessica Dawney, Eliane Dufresne, Fifi Olumogba, Richard Heron, Christian Van Stolk, Nick Fahy
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Jul 31, 2023

Alternative Payment Models for California's Workers' Compensation System: A Review of Issues and Possible Next Steps

The authors consider possible alternative payment models for use in the California workers' compensation (WC) system, including discussion of the unique constraints and factors embedded within the California WC environment.

Denise D. Quigley, Petra W. Rasmussen, Nabeel Qureshi, Michael Dworsky, Melony E. Sorbero
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Jul 28, 2023

Evidence on the Impact of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic on Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders: Evidence Summary to 29 April 2021

This report summarises published scientific evidence on how the COVID-19 pandemic impacted key workers in healthcare, construction, education, transport and public services with work-related musculoskeletal disorders.

Stephanie Stockwell, Gemma-Claire Ali, Brandi Leach, William D. Phillips, Michael Whitmore
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Jul 6, 2023

Minimum Health and Safety Requirements for the Protection of Mental Health in the Workplace

This study provides a comparative analysis of legislation regarding psychosocial risks in the workplace and best practices in EU Member States, and makes recommendations for how the EU can best support Member States in this area.

Alina Makarevičienė, Madeline Nightingale, Greta Skubiejūtė, Emily Hutton, Vaida Gineikytė-Kanclerė, Deimantė Kazlauskaitė
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Nov 23, 2022

The role of evidence in occupational safety and health

This study aimed to explore and identify globally: (i) what types of evidence are produced, shared and used, and by whom, and (ii) how OSH decisions are informed and the role evidence plays in this process.

Stephanie Stockwell, Giulia Maistrello, Sarah Ball, Jessica Dawney, Michael Whitmore, Nick Fahy
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Nov 18, 2022

The Quality of Occupational Healthcare for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, Healthcare Expenditures, and Disability Outcomes: A Prospective Observational Study

We sought to examine whether quality of care for work-associated carpal tunnel syndrome is associated with healthcare expenditures or disability. Quality of care was associated with health care expenditures, but not with disability.

Teryl K. Nuckols, Michael Dworsky, Craig Conlon, Michael W. Robbins, Douglas Benner, Seth A. Seabury, Steven M. Asch
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Oct 19, 2022

Do Temporary Workers Experience Additional Employment and Earnings Risk After Workplace Injuries?

We find large and persistent earnings and employment losses after workplace injury for temporary workers over and above losses for direct-hire workers at the same job. Workers' compensation benefits reduce, but do not eliminate, this income loss.

Nicholas Broten, Michael Dworsky, David Powell
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Sep 23, 2022

The Demand for Insurance and Rationale for a Mandate: Evidence from Workers' Compensation Insurance

Workers' compensation insurance is mandatory in nearly all states. We use data from a unique market without a coverage mandate to estimate the demand for workers' comp insurance. Our analysis suggests that several forms of market failure may not justify a mandate.

Marika I. Cabral, Can Cui, Michael Dworsky
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May 26, 2022

COVID-19's Impacts on California's Workers' Compensation System: Evaluating the Effects of Senate Bill 1159

The authors evaluated the effects of COVID-19 claims on the California workers' compensation system and on the payment of workers' compensation benefits, noting patterns created by the presumptions established by Senate Bill 1159.

Denise D. Quigley, Michael Dworsky, Nabeel Qureshi, Shannon Prier, Courtney A. Gidengil
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Apr 11, 2022

Defining Recognized and Generally Accepted Good Engineering Practices for Process Safety Management

The author presents the origin and intention of recognized and generally accepted good engineering practices (RAGAGEP), points of disagreement about the definition, and recommendations for complying with RAGAGEP.

Tom LaTourrette
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Feb 3, 2022

Earnings Losses and Benefit Adequacy in California's Workers' Compensation System: Estimates for 2005–2017 Injury Dates

This final report in a series is part of an effort to monitor wage losses of injured workers in the California workers' compensation system between 2013 and 2017. It updates estimates of trends in earnings losses reported in the interim reports.

Michael Dworsky, Stephanie Rennane, Nicholas Broten
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Jan 11, 2022

COVID-19 and Workers' Compensation: Considerations for Policymakers

The authors examine how and why policymakers have extended workers' compensation benefits to employees who are required to work outside the home during the COVID-19 pandemic and pose questions to help policymakers meet future public health crises.

Michael Dworsky, Bethany Saunders-Medina

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