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Survey SAYS!: Exploring the implications of five years of data collected on employer practices that discourage workers from reporting job injuries and illnesses

142nd APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition (November 15 - November 19, 2014): http://www.apha.org/events-and-meetings/annual
Monday, November 17, 2014

James Frederick, MS , Health, Safety and Environment Department, USW, Pittsburgh, PA
Between 2008 and 2013 the Health and Safety Department of the United Steelworkers International Union conducted several surveys of local union officers and health and safety representatives to assess the issue of underreporting of job injuries and illnesses and employer practices that discouraged workers from reporting injuries. This presentation will share data from these surveys, identifying trends, describing impacts of these employer practices, and exploring the implications of what we have learned for government policy and regulation.

Learning Areas:

Occupational health and safety

Learning Objectives:
Discuss the results of a recent survey conducted to identify the extent and nature of employer practices that discourage injury reporting in workplaces represented by a large international union, and how these results relate to several previous surveys.

Keyword(s): Occupational Health and Safety, Statistics

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I have worked with workers and labor unions (and our employers) for more than 20 years. During this time, I have had personal experience with hundreds of implementations of employer practices that discourage workers from reporting job injuries and illnesses and have overseen several union surveys on this issue.
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.

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