Underreporting of workers' injuries or illnesses and contributing factors: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Accurate identification of work-related health problems is important to understand workplace safety issues and develop appropriate interventions. Although workers' reporting of work-related injuries or illnesses is the very first step of the reporting process, many workers may encounter challenges in reporting them to their management or workers' compensation (WC) programs. This systematic review aimed to identify the level of workers' underreporting of work-related injuries and illnesses and the contributing factors and reasons for underreporting among US workers.

Methods

This study searched PubMed (Medline), PsycINFO (ProQuest), CINAHL (EBSCOhost), EMBASE (Embase.com), and Social Science Citation Index (Web of Science) using search terms related to underreportin

SUBMITTER: Kyung M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10037763 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature