AI Article Synopsis
- This study analyzes Virginia workers' compensation burn claims from 1999 to 2002 to identify risk factors and related costs.
- There were 5,810 burn claims over the four years, with an average rate of 4.3 per 10,000 workers, totaling approximately $11.7 million in annual costs.
- The data suggests that burn rates are significantly higher on weekends, indicating a need for targeted prevention strategies for workers during those times.
Article Abstract
Objective: This study examines workers' compensation burn claims from Virginia to assess risk factors and costs associated with occupational burn injuries.
Methods: Virginia workers' compensation burn claims for the period of 1999 to 2002 were analyzed. Claim rates were determined by using the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Current Population Survey for the working population of Virginia.
Results: There were 5810 burn claims reported for the 4-year period examined, with the average burn rate estimated to be 4.3 per 10,000 workers. The total cost of claims was found to average $11,705,939 per year and $8059 per claim. There was over a sixfold increase for burn rates on weekends relative to weekdays.
Conclusion: Burns are a common injury experienced by workers and are often severe. Assessing personnel issues affecting weekend employees may lead to valuable preventive interventions to reduce burn risk.
Download full-text PDF |
Source |
|---|---|
| http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/JOM.0b013e318157d9bc | DOI Listing |
Publication Analysis
Top Keywords
Similar Publications
A narrative review of occupational solar ultraviolet radiation in Britain and skin cancer.
Occup Med (Lond)
January 2025
Institute of Occupational Medicine, Edinburgh EH14 4AP, UK.
Background: Occupational exposure to solar ultraviolet (UV) is known to cause malignant melanoma (MM) and non-melanoma skin cancer (NMSC). However, knowledge of the causal associations has developed erratically.
Aims: This review aims to identify when it was accepted that workplace solar UV exposure could cause skin cancer and when it was recognized that there was a risk for outdoor workers in Britain, identifying the steps employers should have taken to protect their workers.
Use of and Steering to Pharmacies Owned by Insurers and Pharmacy Benefit Managers in Medicare.
JAMA Health Forum
January 2025
Department of Population Health Sciences, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York.
Importance: The prevalence of pharmacies owned by integrated insurers and pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), or insurer-PBMs, is of growing regulatory concern. However, little is known about the role of these pharmacies in Medicare, in which pharmacy network protections may influence market dynamics.
Objective: To evaluate the prevalence of insurer-PBM-owned pharmacies and the extent to which insurer-PBMs steer patients to pharmacies they own in Medicare.
Tau is a receptor with low affinity for glucocorticoids and is required for glucocorticoid-induced bone loss.
Cell Res
January 2025
Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.
Glucocorticoids (GCs) are the most prescribed anti-inflammatory and immunosuppressive drugs. However, their use is often limited by substantial side effects, such as GC-induced osteoporosis (GIO) with the underlying mechanisms still not fully understood. In this study, we identify Tau as a low-affinity binding receptor for GCs that plays a crucial role in GIO.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFLost Work Due to Burn-Related Disability in a US Working Population.
Eur Burn J
December 2024
Department of Surgery, University of Michigan, 2101 Taubman Center, 1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.
Background: Burn injuries can require hospitalization, operations, and long-term reconstruction. Burn-injured patients can experience short- or long-term disability. We investigated lost workdays (LWDs), short-term disability (STD), and long-term disability (LTD) in the 12-month period following a burn injury.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFUpdated information on the Diagnosis Procedure Combination data.
Ann Clin Epidemiol
October 2024
Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Health Economics, School of Public Health, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
The Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare, Japan, launched the Diagnosis Procedure Combination system in 2002. Detailed information on the Diagnosis Procedure Combination data was reported in in 2019. In this report, I provide updated information on the Diagnosis Procedure Combination.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWant AI Summaries of new PubMed Abstracts delivered to your In-box?
Enter search terms and have AI summaries delivered each week - change queries or unsubscribe any time!