Journal article
Costs and compensation of work-related injuries in British Columbia sawmills
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To estimate the costs of work-related injury in a cohort of sawmill workers in British Columbia from the perspective of the workers' compensation system.
METHODS: Hospital discharge records were extracted from 1989 to 1998 for a cohort of 5786 actively employed sawmill workers. A total of 173 work-related injury cases were identified from these records using the International classification of diseases-ninth revision (ICD-9) external …
Authors
Alamgir H; Tompa E; Koehoorn M; Ostry A; Demers PA
Journal
Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Vol. 64, No. 3,
Publisher
BMJ
Publication Date
March 2007
DOI
10.1136/oem.2006.027193
ISSN
1351-0711