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  • Occupational Health
  • Workplace Safety
  • Labor Economics

Background:

  • The disparity in occupational injury burdens between temporary agency workers and those in standard employment is not well-established.
  • Existing research presents conflicting findings, ranging from no significant difference to a substantially increased risk for temporary workers.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To conduct a comparative analysis of workers' compensation claims between temporary agency employed workers and those in standard employment arrangements.
  • To identify differences in injury rates, time loss, and associated costs.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized Washington State Fund workers' compensation data for accepted claims between January 1, 2003, and June 30, 2006 (n=342,540).
  • Calculated general descriptive statistics, injury incidence rates per 10,000 full-time equivalents (FTE), and rate ratios comparing temporary agency workers to standard employees.
  • Analyzed data by injury type and industry sector.

Main Results:

  • Temporary agency workers exhibited higher injury rates across all injury types.
  • Median time loss was greater for temporary workers (40 days) compared to standard workers (27 days).
  • Despite higher injury rates, temporary workers incurred lower median time loss costs ($1,224 vs. $1,914) and medical costs ($3,026 vs. $4,087).
  • Significantly higher injury rates for "caught in" and "struck by" incidents were observed in construction (IRR 4.93) and manufacturing (IRR 4.05) for temporary agency workers.

Conclusions:

  • Temporary agency workers face higher occupational injury incidence rates than their counterparts in standard employment.
  • The risk of injury is more than double for temporary workers in the construction and manufacturing sectors.
  • Further research is recommended to investigate the underlying causes of these occupational injury disparities.
  • Future comparisons of injury rates should incorporate industry and job exposure measures to better target prevention strategies.