An assessment of the effects of increased regulatory enforcement and legislative reform on occupational hearing loss workers' compensation claims: Oregon 1984-1998

2004 ◽  
Vol 45 (5) ◽  
pp. 417-427 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian P. McCall ◽  
Irwin B. Horwitz
Keyword(s):  
Hearing Loss ◽  
Workers Compensation ◽  
Regulatory Enforcement ◽  
Legislative Reform ◽  
Compensation Claims ◽  
Occupational Hearing Loss

Noise exposure and hearing conservation practices in an industry with high incidence of workers' compensation claims for hearing loss

2002 ◽  
Vol 42 (4) ◽  
pp. 309-317 ◽  
Author(s):  
William E. Daniell ◽  
Susan S. Swan ◽  
Mary M. McDaniel ◽  
John G. Stebbins ◽  
Noah S. Seixas ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hearing Loss ◽  
Noise Exposure ◽  
Workers Compensation ◽  
Conservation Practices ◽  
Hearing Conservation ◽  
High Incidence ◽  
Compensation Claims

scholarly journals Impact of legislative reform on benefit access and disability duration in workers’ compensation: an interrupted time series study

2019 ◽  
Vol 77 (1) ◽  
pp. 32-39
Author(s):  
Alex Collie ◽  
Dianne Beck ◽  
Shannon Elise Gray ◽  
Tyler Jeremiah Lane
Keyword(s):  
Time Series ◽  
Work Disability ◽  
Interrupted Time Series ◽  
Decision Time ◽  
Workers Compensation ◽  
Compensation Scheme ◽  
Legislative Reform ◽  
Time Series Study ◽  
Compensation Claims ◽  
Series Study

ObjectivesTo determine the impact of legislative changes to the New South Wales (NSW) workers’ compensation scheme on injured workers access to benefits, insurer claim processing and work disability duration.MethodsPopulation-based interrupted time series study of workers’ compensation claims made in NSW 2 years before and after legislative amendment in June 2012. Outcomes included incidence of accepted claims per 100 000 workers, the median and 75th percentile insurer decision time in days, and the median and 75th percentile of work disability duration in weeks. Effects were assessed relative to a comparator of seven other Australian workers’ compensation jurisdictions.Resultsn=1 069 231 accepted workers’ compensation claims were analysed. Claiming in NSW fell 15.3% following legislative reform, equivalent to 46.6 fewer claims per 100 000 covered workers per month. This effect was greater in time loss claims (17.3%) than medical-only claims (10.3%). Across models, there were consistent trend increases in insurer decision time. Median work disability duration increased following the legislative reform.ConclusionsThe observed reduction in access to benefits was consistent with the policy objective of improving the financial sustainability of the compensation scheme. However, this was accompanied by changes in other markers of performance that were unintended, and are suggestive of adverse health consequences of the reform. This study demonstrates the need for care in reform of workers’ compensation scheme policy.

Increased reporting of occupational hearing loss: Workers' compensation in Washington State, 1984-1998

2002 ◽  
Vol 42 (6) ◽  
pp. 502-510 ◽  
Author(s):  
William E. Daniell ◽  
Deborah Fulton-Kehoe ◽  
Martin Cohen ◽  
Susan S. Swan ◽  
Gary M. Franklin
Keyword(s):  
Hearing Loss ◽  
Washington State ◽  
Workers Compensation ◽  
Occupational Hearing Loss

Industrial machinery and workers' compensation claims for hearing loss

1977 ◽  
Vol 62 (S1) ◽  
pp. S8-S8
Author(s):  
Robert L. Hershey ◽  
Michael A. Staiano
Keyword(s):  
Hearing Loss ◽  
Workers Compensation ◽  
Compensation Claims

Medical and Legal Issues Raised by the Protz Decision Issued by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court

2017 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 12-13
Author(s):  
LuAnn Haley ◽  
Marjorie Eskay-Auerbach
Keyword(s):  
Supreme Court ◽  
Scientific Evidence ◽  
Workers Compensation ◽  
Sixth Edition ◽  
Complex Concept ◽  
The Supreme Court ◽  
Compensation Claims ◽  
Recent Edition ◽  
Impairment Ratings ◽  
Definition Of

Abstract Pennsylvania adopted the impairment rating provisions described in the AMA Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment (AMA Guides) in 1996 as an exposure cap for employers seeking predictability and cost control in workers’ compensation claims. In 2017, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania handed down the Protz decision, which held that requiring physicians to apply the methodology set forth in the most recent edition of the AMA Guides reflected an unconstitutional delegation of legislative power to the American Medical Association. The decision eliminates the impairment-rating evaluation (IRE) mechanism under which claimants were assigned an impairment rating under the most recent edition of the AMA Guides. The AMA Guides periodically are revised to include the most recent scientific evidence regarding impairment ratings, and the AMA Guides, Sixth Edition, acknowledges that impairment is a complex concept that is not yet defined in a way that readily permits an evidence-based definition of assessment. The AMA Guides should not be considered standards frozen in time simply to withstand future scrutiny by the courts; instead, workers’ compensation acts could state that when a new edition of the AMA Guides is published, the legislature shall review and consider adopting the new edition. It appears unlikely that the Protz decision will be followed in other jurisdictions: Challenges to using the AMA Guides in assessing workers’ compensation claims have been attempted in three states, and all attempts failed.

OCCUPATIONAL HEARING LOSS IN INDIAN FORGING UNIT DUE TO IMPACT OF IMPULSIVE NOISE: A CASE STUDY

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kamaljeet Bhambri ◽  
Ishbir Singh ◽  
Harwinder Singh ◽  
Tejeet Singh
Keyword(s):  
Hearing Loss ◽  
Impulsive Noise ◽  
Occupational Hearing Loss
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