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Appendix D: Updates on Recommendations from the 1987 National Research Council Report "Counting Injuries and Illnesses in the Workplace: Proposals for a Better System"
Pages 285-290

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From page 285...
... The OSHA injuries categorized as injuries resulting Form 301 (previously Form 101) includes in death, hospitalization, or outpatient fields asking whether the injured worker surgery.
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From page 286...
... published for the categories listed in this •  hronic occupational diseases C recommendation, based on the Occupational should be divided into such Injury and Illness Coding System. categories as hearing loss, repetitive trauma disorders, illnesses diagnosed as a result of a medical examination required under the OSHA health standard, and other chronic illness.
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From page 287...
... 8. BLS should conduct studies to obtain BLS conducted relevant studies in response independent medical information to this recommendation and noted that the on occupational injuries, such as for results indicated that obtaining medical data outpatient surgery and admissions to from multiple sources from across the nation hospitals other than for observation, would not be feasible.
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From page 288...
... 11. Data from the BLS annual survey BLS includes a section in survey materials should be fed back to companies on "how your injury and illness data are by industry and size classification used." BLS provides data to employers, and posted so that employers and employees, and other data users in many employees can see how their company web-based formats, including the incidence compares with the appropriate referent rate calculator, flat data files, tables, charts, group.
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From page 289...
... NIOSH should be designated Additional funding has not been provided for as the lead agency having the a comprehensive system, however NIOSH responsibility for the development has been able to work with federal and of a comprehensive occupational state partners to collect and explore data on disease surveillance system that would national trends in some areas. NIOSH has include the compilation, analysis, developed standardized case definitions for and dissemination to occupational elevated blood levels, pesticide poisonings, illness data.
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