Workers' compensation insurer risk control systems: Opportunities for public health collaborations.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Workers' compensation (WC) insurers offer services and programs for prospective client selection and insured client risk control (RC) purposes. Toward these aims, insurers collect employer data that may include information on types of hazards present in the workplace, safety and health programs and controls in place to prevent injury/illness, and return-to-work programs to reduce injury/illness severity. Despite the potential impact of RC systems on workplace safety and health and the use of RC data in guiding prevention efforts, few research studies on the types of RC services provided to employers or the RC data collected have been published in the peer-reviewed literature.

Methods

Researchers conducted voluntary interviews with nine private and state-fund WC

SUBMITTER: Moore LL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8609819 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature