Twenty years of workers' compensation costs due to falls from height among union carpenters, Washington State

2014 ◽  
Vol 57 (9) ◽  
pp. 984-991 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hester J. Lipscomb ◽  
Ashley L. Schoenfisch ◽  
Wilfrid Cameron ◽  
Kristen L. Kucera ◽  
Darrin Adams ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Washington State ◽  
Workers Compensation ◽  
Compensation Costs

Colorado Logging Accidents: 1984-1988. Is it Safe in the Woods?

1990 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 132-135 ◽  
Author(s):  
Timothy R. Longwell ◽  
Dennis L. Lynch
Keyword(s):  
Safety Training ◽  
Economic Stress ◽  
Truck Drivers ◽  
Protective Equipment ◽  
Workers Compensation ◽  
Accident Severity ◽  
Highly Correlated ◽  
Harvesting Costs ◽  
Compensation Costs

Abstract The number of logging accidents in Colorado during 1984-1988 contributed to escalating workers' compensation rates creating economic stress in the industry. This study was designed to help both industry and agency personnel identify who was having accidents, why accidents were occurring, and how much the accidents cost. The study concluded that 60% of the accidents occurred to persons employed for fewer than 6 months. The jobs with the highest accident frequencies were chainsaw operators (68%), equipment operators (12%), and truck drivers (10%). Timber falling and limbing were the most hazardous activities, with 35% and 23% of the accidents respectively. Falling tops, snags, or dead branches and chainsaw kickback were the leading injury agents in the felling and limbing operation. Use of protective equipment and formal safety training were, for the most part, absent during this period. Medical and compensation costs were not highly correlated with accident severity. Accident costs directly increase harvesting costs and may decrease the amount paid for stumpage. West J. Appl. For. 5(4):00-00.

Opioid dosing trends and mortality in Washington State workers' compensation, 1996-2002

2005 ◽  
Vol 48 (2) ◽  
pp. 91-99 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gary M. Franklin ◽  
Jaymie Mai ◽  
Thomas Wickizer ◽  
Judith A. Turner ◽  
Deborah Fulton-Kehoe ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Washington State ◽  
Workers Compensation

Lumbar Fusion Outcomes in Washington State Workers’ Compensation

Spine ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 31 (23) ◽  
pp. 2715-2723 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sham Maghout Juratli ◽  
Gary M. Franklin ◽  
Sohail K. Mirza ◽  
Thomas M. Wickizer ◽  
Deborah Fulton-Kehoe
Keyword(s):  
Lumbar Fusion ◽  
Washington State ◽  
Workers Compensation
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