A descriptive study of workers' compensation claims in Washington State orchards

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 251-257

  Hofmann, Jonathan ^a   Snyder, Karen ^a   Keifer, Matthew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Accidents; Agriculture; Industrial insurance; Ladder injuries; Occupational; Orchards; Tree fruit industry; Washington epidemiology; Workers's compensation

Indexed keywords

ABRASION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONTUSION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISLOCATION; FEMALE; FRACTURE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; ORCHARD MANAGEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPRAIN; TIME; UNITED STATES; WORK DISABILITY; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADULT; AGRICULTURE; FEMALE; FRUIT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; WASHINGTON; WORKERS' COMPENSATION;

EID: 33745700406     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: 14718405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kql018     Document Type: Article

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