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Elizabeth A Masterson¹, Steven J Wurzelbacher², P Timothy Bushnell³

¹Division of Field Studies and Engineering, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), Cincinnati, Ohio.

Seminars in hearing

|October 11, 2023

概括

美国职业听力损失 (OHL) 的年度工人赔偿索赔费用估计为6000万美元,几乎有5000起索赔申请. 制造业的OHL索赔率最高,这凸显了有针对性的预防工作的必要性.

科学领域:

职业健康职业健康职业健康
公共卫生公共卫生
流行病学流行病学

背景情况:

职业听力损失 (OHL) 是一个重要的,但往往被低估的,工作场所健康负担.
之前对美国OHL索赔的成本估计已经过时,并基于有限的州数据.
了解当前的经济影响和索赔分配对于有效的预防策略至关重要.

研究的目的:

估计美国劳工赔偿 (WC) 申请OHL的平均年数和成本.
确定具有OHL索赔发生率最高的行业和职业分类.
为美国提供最新的,全面的估计.

主要方法:

来自国家赔偿保险委员会 (National Council on Compensation Insurance, Inc.) (37个州和华盛顿特区) 的WC数据的分析.
估计了最初数据集中不包括的13个州的成本和索赔数量.
应用灵敏度分析来确定估计的范围.

主要成果:

据估计,2009-2013年美国每年OHL索赔的平均成本在4900万至6700万美元之间 (以2013年美元计算为6000万美元).
估计每年OHL索赔的平均数量在4,114-5,986之间 (点估计4,965).
制造业占40个行业/职业分类中的18个,至少有50个OHL要求.

结论:

工人赔偿数据可能低估了OHL的真正负担,因为许多案件没有得到补偿.
美国各州的WC法律和行业组成的显著差异需要多个州的数据来进行准确的估计.
需要在广泛的行业和职业分类中开展有针对性的OHL预防工作.

关键词:

国家赔偿保险委员会.索赔成本索赔成本索赔成本听力损失索赔要求的听力损失索赔要求.制造业制造业是一个制造业.由于职业性听力损失导致的听力损失.监控监督监督监督监督监督监督监督监督监督监督监督监督监督监督监督监督监督工人赔偿工作人员的赔偿.

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