TY - JOUR
T1 - Estimating under-claiming of compensable Workplace Injuries in Alberta, Canada
AU - Barnetson, Bob
AU - Foster, Jason
AU - Matsünaga-Türnbüll, Jared
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors received funding from the Government of Alberta Occupational Health and Safety Futures Grant (095221149). Ethics approval was granted by the Athabasca University Research Ethics Board (Certificate No. 22432). Participants were provided with information about the online poll on log in and their subsequent participation in the poll was deemed to constitute informed consent. The authors declare no conflicts of interest.
Publisher Copyright:
© Canadian Public Policy.
PY - 2018/12
Y1 - 2018/12
N2 - This study confirms and refines prior estimates of under-claiming of workers’ compensation benefits and suggests that under-claiming negatively affects the utility of workers’ compensation data in injury prevention efforts. A 2017 online poll (N = 2,000) queried the injury and workers’ compensation experiences of Alberta workers. Approximately 21.5 percent of respondents reported at least one work-related injury in the previous 12 months, of which 41.8 percent were disabling injuries. Only 31 percent of workers with disabling injuries filed a workers’ compensation claim. Under-claiming was more common among women, non-unionized workers, and workers facing relatively fewer hazards.
AB - This study confirms and refines prior estimates of under-claiming of workers’ compensation benefits and suggests that under-claiming negatively affects the utility of workers’ compensation data in injury prevention efforts. A 2017 online poll (N = 2,000) queried the injury and workers’ compensation experiences of Alberta workers. Approximately 21.5 percent of respondents reported at least one work-related injury in the previous 12 months, of which 41.8 percent were disabling injuries. Only 31 percent of workers with disabling injuries filed a workers’ compensation claim. Under-claiming was more common among women, non-unionized workers, and workers facing relatively fewer hazards.
KW - Alberta
KW - Canada
KW - Injury
KW - Reporting
KW - Workers’ compensation
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85061637174&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3138/cpp.2018-014
DO - 10.3138/cpp.2018-014
M3 - Journal Article
AN - SCOPUS:85061637174
SN - 0317-0861
VL - 44
SP - 400
EP - 410
JO - Canadian Public Policy
JF - Canadian Public Policy
IS - 4
ER -