Returning to work after occupational injury.

2004 ◽  
pp. 265-295 ◽  
Author(s):  
Niklas Krause ◽  
Thomas Lund
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Injury ◽  
Returning To Work

A Vocational Rehabilitation Index and Return to Work after Compensable Occupational Injuries in Australia

2017 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 69-78 ◽  
Author(s):  
James A. Athanasou
Keyword(s):  
Return To Work ◽  
Vocational Rehabilitation ◽  
Occupational Injury ◽  
Occupational Injuries ◽  
Psychological Problem ◽  
Personal Factors ◽  
Vocational Assessment ◽  
Length Of Treatment ◽  
Returning To Work

This study examined the personal factors as measured by the Vocational Rehabilitation Index and their influence on returning to work after compensable occupational injuries. The participants comprised 462 patients (335 males; 127 females) who underwent a vocational assessment. The length of time since the injury occurred varied from less than 1 year to 15 years with a mean of 3 years (SD = 2). Results indicated that only 23% had returned to work. Just on 30% of the patients had not worked at all since the accident and some 48% had returned to work but were now not working. The major influences on return to work following an occupational injury that were statistically significant (p < 0.001) were (a) the length of treatment (i.e., time since the injury), and (b) whether there was a psychological problem. The findings support the validity of the Vocational Rehabilitation Index for predicting the probability of return to work following an accident.

Workplace verbal abuse and risk of occupational injury among health care workers

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erika L. Sabbath ◽  
Cassandra Okechukwu ◽  
David Hurtado ◽  
Glorian Sorensen
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Workers ◽  
Occupational Injury ◽  
Verbal Abuse ◽  
Care Workers

Injuries and Occupational Safety

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dawn N. Castillo ◽  
Timothy J. Pizatella ◽  
Nancy A. Stout
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Ionizing Radiation ◽  
Occupational Safety ◽  
Occupational Injury ◽  
Occupational Injuries ◽  
Mechanical Energy ◽  
The United States ◽  
Hierarchical Approach ◽  
Safety Hazards ◽  
Injury Control

This chapter describes occupational injuries and their prevention. It describes in detail the causes of injuries and epidemiology of injuries. Occupational injuries are caused by acute exposure in the workplace to safety hazards, such as mechanical energy, electricity, chemicals, and ionizing radiation, or from the sudden lack of essential agents, such as oxygen or heat. This chapter describes the nature and the magnitude of occupational injuries in the United States. It provides data on risk of injuries in different occupations and industries. Finally, it discusses prevention of injuries, using a hierarchical approach to occupational injury control.

scholarly journals Suicide and drug‐related mortality following occupational injury

2019 ◽  
Vol 62 (9) ◽  
pp. 733-741 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katie M. Applebaum ◽  
Abay Asfaw ◽  
Paul K. O'Leary ◽  
Andrew Busey ◽  
Yorghos Tripodis ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Injury ◽  
Related Mortality
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