5207.0: Wednesday, November 15, 2000 - 3:45 PM

Abstract #16105

Risk Assessment in Workers' Compensation: The Rise and Fall and Rise of Schedule Rating

Glenn M. Shor, PhD, Policy, Program Evaluation and Training Unit, California Division of Workers' Compensation, 455 Golden Gate Ave, 9th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94102, 415-703-4679, gshor@dir.ca.gov

The early history of workers' compensation included attempts to give economic incentives to employers for reductions of workplace risk. This "merit rating" looked both prospectively and retrospectively at individual employers. An early form of risk assessment known as schedule rating attempted to assign a relative factor to individual employers within the same industry through auditing and quantifying attention to physical and moral hazards within the workplace. This paper looks historically at these implementation attempts and how they atdapted to fit changing work environments. It contrasts the early efforts with more recent versions of schedule rating.

Learning Objectives: "At the conclusion of the session, the participant (learner) in this session will be able to: analyze techniques of risk assessment used historically in workers' compensation insurance, and evaluate current trends in merit rating of risks

Keywords: Workers' Compensation, Risk Assessment

Presenting author's disclosure statement:
Organization/institution whose products or services will be discussed: None
I do not have any significant financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organization/institution whose products or services are being discussed in this session.

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