Evaluating progress in reducing workplace violence: Trends in Washington State workers' compensation claims rates, 1997-2007

Work

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 67-81

  Foley, Michael ^a   Rauser, Edmund ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Assault injury; health care; occupational safety; surveillance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; COST; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; IN SERVICE TRAINING; INDUSTRY; INJURY; INSURANCE; MALE; MEDICAL LEAVE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; SAFETY; SEX RATIO; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE; WORKMAN COMPENSATION; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; INSERVICE TRAINING; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SICK LEAVE; STATE GOVERNMENT; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; VIOLENCE; WASHINGTON; WORKERS' COMPENSATION; WORKPLACE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84864631236     PISSN: 10519815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/WOR-2012-1326     Document Type: Article

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