5069.0 Addressing undercounting in the BLS annual survey (SOII)

Wednesday, November 10, 2010: 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Oral
The session contains 4 papers on enumerating workplace injuries and illnesses with multiple data sources, including an examination of the strengths and weaknesses of the various systems. The focus of this research is to investigate methods for arriving at a complete count of injuries and illnesses and to understand sources of difference in various systems that may lead each of them to be incomplete.
Session Objectives: Describe on-going research into the use of various surveillance systems for enumerating workplace injuries and illnesses List strengths and weaknesses of these systems and approaches for surveillance
Organizer:
Eric Sygnatur, MA
Moderator:
Teresa Schnorr, PhD

8:30am
Allegations of Undercounting in the BLS Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses
Eric Sygnatur, MA and John Ruser, PhD
8:45am
Piloting a Multi Datasource Surveillance System for Work-related Amputations and Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
David Bonauto, MD, MPH, Letitia Davis, ScD, EdM, Robert Harrison, MD, Leslie Boden, Eric Sygnatur, MA and Sara Wuellner, MPH
     
9:00am
Learning About Reporting By Linking Workers' Compensation and Bureau of Labor Statistics Data
Leslie Boden, David Bonauto, MD, MPH, Robert Harrison, MD, Nicole Nestoriak, PhD and Brooks Pierce, PhD
9:15am
Employer Interviews: Exploring Differences in Reporting Work Injuries and Illnesses in the Bureau of Labor Statistics Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses and State Workers' Compensation Claims
Polly Phipps, PhD and Danna Moore, Phd
     

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.

Organized by: Occupational Health and Safety
Endorsed by: Epidemiology

CE Credits: Medical (CME), Health Education (CHES), Nursing (CNE), Public Health (CPH)

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