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Workplace injury underreporting and employer retaliation: Reviewing current problems, exploring new studies, and assessing new interventions
Learning Objectives:
Identify continuing and new experiences with employer practices that discourage workers from reporting work-related injuries and illnesses
Discuss new research on workplace injury and illness underreporting including employers’ retaliatory practices
Explore the effectiveness of interventions aimed at curtailing employer practices that discourage workers from reporting job injuries and illnesses including employer retaliatory practices
Discuss additional strategies for addressing employer practices that suppress injury reporting, strategies that would improve the accuracy of occupational injury and illness data.
Keywords: Occupational Surveillance, Occupational Injury and Death
Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I have been employed in occupational safety and health for over 30 years, and have been involved in research, presentations and advocacy related to understanding and addressing the underreporting of workplace injuries and illnesses, including interventions to end employer retaliation against workers who report injuries. I served for five years on the National Advisory Committee for Occupational Safety and Health, advising OSHA and NIOSH on occupationanl health and safety policies, programs and interventions.
Any relevant financial relationships? No
I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.