It may cost an arm and a leg: workers value and occupational fatality rates in the U.S.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The present study aims to observe how societal indicators of workers' values at the state-level are related to health and safety outcomes, particularly major injuries and fatalities in the U.S. Underscoring workforce flexibility and workability over workforce stability and safety might be indicative of the worth of workers which can be associated with occupational safety and health concerns.

Methods

Linear regression analysis with a log-transformed dependent variable was adopted to examine how the state-level indicators of worker value in terms of 1) minimum wage, using data from 2015; 2) average of workers' compensations for the loss of an arm, hand, leg, or foot in 2015 were concurrently and prospectively associated with occupational fatality rates averaged acro

SUBMITTER: Klos LS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8201718 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature