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Can we use workers’ compensation data as an effective occupation health and safety tool?

11 Jul, 2012 Terry Bogyo

A few days ago, I was at a CDC-NIOSH workshop in Washington DC on the topic of using workers' compensation data for occupational safety and health. This event was organized around six draft white papers […]

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