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Hello,

I'm in the process of looking for studies on the prevalence, distribution,
and predictors of unreported work injuries. I'm particularly interested
in employees' failure to report an injury to their employer. Though, for
insight into employee failure to report to employers, I'd also look at
studies on employee failure to apply for workers comp or employers'
failure to report employee injuries to OSHA.

Any leads would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Mike Frone

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Michael R. Frone, Ph.D.
Senior Research Scientist
Research Institute on Addictions
State University of New York at Buffalo
1021 Main Street
Buffalo, New York 14203

Office: 716-887-2519
Fax: 716-887-2477
E-mail: frone@ria.buffalo.edu
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Dear Mike,

I recommend
'Surviving the Rigs': Safety and Surveillance on North Sea Oil
Installations" by David Collinson, Organization Studies (1999), 20/4,
pp. 579-600.

Best wishes,
Hille


Quoting Michael Frone <frone@RIA.BUFFALO.EDU>:

> Hello,
>
> I'm in the process of looking for studies on the prevalence, distribution,
> and predictors of unreported work injuries. I'm particularly interested
> in employees' failure to report an injury to their employer. Though, for
> insight into employee failure to report to employers, I'd also look at
> studies on employee failure to apply for workers comp or employers'
> failure to report employee injuries to OSHA.
>
> Any leads would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Mike Frone
>
> ****************************************************************
> Michael R. Frone, Ph.D.
> Senior Research Scientist
> Research Institute on Addictions
> State University of New York at Buffalo
> 1021 Main Street
> Buffalo, New York 14203
>
> Office: 716-887-2519
> Fax: 716-887-2477
> E-mail: frone@ria.buffalo.edu
> Internet: http://www.ria.buffalo.edu/profiles/frone.html
> ***************************************************************
>
>



Hille Bruns
Doctoral Candidate
School of Management, Boston University
595 Commonwealth Avenue
Boston MA 02215
phone: 617-353-7057

Mike,

Ken Rosenman at Michigan State did a lot of work on underreporting. I
do not have any of his scholarly work in hand, but a good starting
point is the following brief item:

Anon (2006). Study suggests BLS surveillance system underestimates
work-related injuries and illnesses. Professional Safety, 51(6), 10-44.

OS is my area of research. Keep me on your list.

Andy


Andy Cwalina
Nova Southeastern University
803-649-7064
cwalina@nova.edu


Quoting Michael Frone <frone@RIA.BUFFALO.EDU>:

> Hello,
>
> I'm in the process of looking for studies on the prevalence, distribution,
> and predictors of unreported work injuries. I'm particularly interested
> in employees' failure to report an injury to their employer. Though, for
> insight into employee failure to report to employers, I'd also look at
> studies on employee failure to apply for workers comp or employers'
> failure to report employee injuries to OSHA.
>
> Any leads would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Mike Frone
>
> ****************************************************************
> Michael R. Frone, Ph.D.
> Senior Research Scientist
> Research Institute on Addictions
> State University of New York at Buffalo
> 1021 Main Street
> Buffalo, New York 14203
>
> Office: 716-887-2519
> Fax: 716-887-2477
> E-mail: frone@ria.buffalo.edu
> Internet: http://www.ria.buffalo.edu/profiles/frone.html
> ***************************************************************
>

Additional industry reference is:

Greene, M. V. (August, 2008). Hearing examines underreporting of
injuries. Safety & Health, 178(2), 40-41.

Andy



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Quoting Michael Frone <frone@RIA.BUFFALO.EDU>:

> Hello,
>
> I'm in the process of looking for studies on the prevalence, distribution,
> and predictors of unreported work injuries. I'm particularly interested
> in employees' failure to report an injury to their employer. Though, for
> insight into employee failure to report to employers, I'd also look at
> studies on employee failure to apply for workers comp or employers'
> failure to report employee injuries to OSHA.
>
> Any leads would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Mike Frone
>
> ****************************************************************
> Michael R. Frone, Ph.D.
> Senior Research Scientist
> Research Institute on Addictions
> State University of New York at Buffalo
> 1021 Main Street
> Buffalo, New York 14203
>
> Office: 716-887-2519
> Fax: 716-887-2477
> E-mail: frone@ria.buffalo.edu
> Internet: http://www.ria.buffalo.edu/profiles/frone.html
> ***************************************************************
>