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Employer Interviews: Exploring Differences in Reporting Work Injuries and Illnesses in the Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses and State Workers' Compensation Claims 1
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
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| Author | Phipps, Polly A. Moore, Danna Ave, Massachusetts |
| Copyright Year | 2010 |
| Abstract | Recent studies have cited discrepancies between the BLS Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses (SOII) and State Workers' Compensation claims to support the assertion that the SOII undercounts injuries and illnesses among the American workforce. To explore reasons for possible discrepancies, we conduct qualitative interviews with employers responding to the SOII, in the Washington DC metropolitan area. Our in- person interviews focus on possible measurement errors associated with establishment record keeping systems and understanding of the survey request. Results suggest that the varying roles of respondents in SOII and WC reporting, records systems, understanding of reporting rules, survey timing, and injury and illness case complexity all may play a role in the discrepancies. 1. Background In this study, we explore possible reasons for differences in reports of days away from work (DAFW) injuries and illnesses in the annual Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses (SOII) and State Workers' Compensation (WC) claims data, the two major sources of occupational injury and illness records in the United States. Studies comparing the two data sources suggest that there are differences. For example, Boden and Ozonoff (2008), comparing six states, find that SOII captures from 51 to 76 percent of injuries and illnesses reported to SOII, WC, or both systems, and WC captures from 65 to 93 percent of injuries and illnesses reported to SOII, WC, or both systems (for a detailed review of the evidence on a SOII undercount of workplace injuries and illnesses, see Ruser, 2008). Since SOII respondents are requested to complete the survey using Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) injury and illness logs and supplement reports, our study covers OSHA, SOII, and WC reporting. Research on establishment survey methods indicates that measurement error in a survey can be associated with the survey form, the respondent, and/or the record or information system used. There is sometimes a difference between a response provided and the true value for a survey item, and the difference - measurement error - often originates in the survey response process. For example, a survey form must convey the survey task, and the respondent must comprehend and perform the task. This requires knowledge of what is available in the records/information system, retrieval of the requested items, decisions on what information to report, and presentation of the items in 1 The views expressed here are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the policies of the Bureau of Labor Statistics or the Social and Economic Sciences Research |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://www.asasrms.org/Proceedings/y2010/Files/307473_58640.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://www.bls.gov/osmr/pdf/st100210.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://stats.bls.gov/osmr/pdf/st100210.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://www.bls.gov/osmr/pdf/st100210.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
