Journal of occupational and environmental medicine
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Michigan's work-related amputation surveillance system quantifies and characterizes occupational amputations and facilitates remediation of workplace hazards. ⋯ The surveillance system identified more than twice the number of work-related amputations as estimated by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (N = 250) in 2008 and was the impetus for many worksite inspections that otherwise may not have occurred.
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J. Occup. Environ. Med. · Mar 2013
Annual incremental health benefit costs and absenteeism among employees with and without rheumatoid arthritis.
To assess the impact of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) on absence time, absence payments, and other health benefit costs from the perspective of US employers. ⋯ Employees with RA have greater costs across all benefits than employees without RA.