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Alysha R Meyers1, Ibraheem S Al-Tarawneh, P Timothy Bushnell
1National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Division of Field Studies and Engineering, Center for Workers' Compensation Studies, Cincinnati, Ohio (Drs Meyers, Wurzelbacher, Tseng), Pi Square, LLC, Columbus, Ohio (Dr Al-Tarawneh), Formerly Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation, Division of Safety and Hygiene, Columbus, Ohio (Dr Al-Tarawneh), National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Office of the Director, Economic Research Support Office, Cincinnati, Ohio (Dr Bushnell), Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation, Division of Safety and Hygiene, Pickerington, Ohio (Lampl, Turner, Morrison).
Objective:
The aim of this study was to describe levels of integration between occupational safety and health (OSH) and workplace wellness programs/practices/policies ("programs") among participants in an insurer-sponsored wellness grant program.
Methods:
We analyzed survey responses about year 1 of an insurer-sponsored grant to start a wellness program from 220 small- and medium-sized employers. Responses yielded 25 indicators of OSH-wellness integration, and 10 additional indicators to summarize multiple responses.
Results:
At least half of the employers (N = 220) reported some level of integration within five of seven categories of OSH-wellness integration. Employers sometimes considered ergonomics, safety, or substance exposure hazards while designing their wellness program (15%) or reduced such hazards to support their wellness program (24%). Few meaningful differences were observed by employer size.
Conclusions:
Although high levels of integration were unusual, some degree of integration was common for most indicator categories.
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