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Effects of Workers' Compensation: A Survey [PDF]
This survey covers extensively the theoretical and the empirical work that was done on the incentive effects related to the existence of workers' compensation (WC) in the North American context. It first analyzes the economic rationale for compulsory WC.
Fortin, Bernard, Lanoie, Paul
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Ergonomics in the Workplace: Is It Time for an OSHA Standard? [PDF]
, 2001 Improper ergonomic design of jobs is one of the leading causes of work-related illness, accounting for perhaps a third of employers’ costs under state workers’ compensation laws.
Rappaport, Edward
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Investigation of injuries occurring within competitive waterskiing in the UK [PDF]
, 2013 International Journal of Exercise Science 6(1) : 29-42, 2013. To date, most waterskiing research has been on recreational waterskiers from the USA. Our aim was to determine if the tournament waterskiing population in the UK had the same injury patterns ...
Loughlin, Sarah L
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Why are there more accidents on Mondays? Economic incentives, ergonomics or externalities [PDF]
IntroductionResearch consistently finds more workplace injuries occur on Mondays than on other weekdays. One hypothesis is that workers fraudulently claim that off-the-job weekend sprains and strains occurred at work on the Monday in order to receive ...
Isabelle Sin +5 more
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Injury incidence in a Spanish sub-elite professional football team: A prospective study during four consecutive seasons [PDF]
, 2011 The aim of this study was to investigate the injury incidence and injury characteristics of a Spanish sub-elite professional football team during four consecutive seasons.
González Frutos, Pablo +3 more
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Zipline-Related Injuries Treated in US EDs, 1997-2012
, 2015 Purpose To investigate the epidemiology of zipline-related injuries in the United States. Basic Procedures The National Electronic Injury Surveillance System database was used to examine non-fatal zipline-related injuries treated in US emergency ...
Anderegg, Jonathan J. +4 more
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A Refined Prediction Model for Core and Lower Extremity Sprains and Strains Among Collegiate Football Players. [PDF]
J Athl Train, 2015 Wilkerson GB, Colston MA.
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Risk Factors of Ankle Sprain in Soccer Players: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. [PDF]
Sports (Basel)Hoveidaei AH +8 more
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