5201.0 New Developments in Underreporting of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses

Wednesday, October 31, 2012: 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Oral
Organizer:
Nancy Lessin, MS
Moderator:
Celeste Monforton, DrPH, MPH

12:30pm
New studies on workplace injury and illness underreporting, new interventions to address underreporting: What have we learned, and what else is needed?
Nancy Lessin, MS
12:42pm
Will provisions of OSHA's proposed injury and illness prevention program standard, a new voluntary consensus Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems standard and related new and proposed measures curtail employer practices that discourage workers from reporting job injuries and illnesses
James Frederick, MS
12:54pm
Behavior-based safety programs in the US mining industry
Celeste Monforton, DrPH, MPH
1:06pm
Prevalence of coal workers' pneumoconiosis among surface coal miners: Limitations and potential underreporting
Cara N. Halldin, PhD, Anita Wolfe, BS and A. Scott Laney, PhD
1:18pm
OSHA's National Emphasis Program on Recordkeeping
Jordan A. Barab, MA
1:30pm
New Developments in Laboratory Safety Partnerships
Darius D. Sivin, PhD and Anna Fendley, MPH

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Organized by: Occupational Health and Safety
Endorsed by: Chiropractic Health Care

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

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