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Occupational safety and health for public safety employees : assessing the evidence and the implications for public policy / Tom LaTourrette, David S. Loughran, Seth A. Seabury.

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Occupational safety and health for public safety employees : assessing the evidence and the implications for public policy / Tom LaTourrette, David S. Loughran, Seth A. Seabury.
Author
LaTourrette, Tom, 1963-
Publication
Santa Monica, CA : RAND Institue for Civil Justice and Infrastructure, Safety and Environmtent, 2008.

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Additional Authors
  • Loughran, David S., 1969-
  • Rand Corporation
  • Seabury, Seth A.
Description
xxx, 125 p. : col. ill.; 23 cm.
Summary
Police officers, firefighters, and other public safety workers face exceptionally high rates of injury and fatality relative to the general workforce. This document provides an analysis of the risk factors associated with different aspects of public safety occupations, to help policymakers in their efforts to improve the health and safety of these employees.
Series Statement
Rand Corporation monograph series
Subject
  • Disability Evaluation
  • Employee health promotion > United States
  • Fire fighters > Government policy > United States
  • Fire fighters > Health and hygiene > United States
  • Fire fighters > Wounds and injuries > United States
  • First responders > Government policy > United States
  • First responders > Health and hygiene > United States
  • First responders > Wounds and injuries > United States
  • Occupational Groups
  • Occupational Health
  • Police > Government policy > United States
  • Police > Health and hygiene > United States
  • Police > Wounds and injuries > United States
  • Public Policy
  • Safety Management
  • United States
Genre/Form
Review
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 115-125).
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Description of injury and disability compensation for public safety employees -- What is known about the safety and health of public safety employees? -- Characterizing current strategies for reducing occupational injuries and illnesses -- The health of public safety workers relative to other workers -- Work-related disability and disability retirement among public safety employees -- Conclusions and policy implications.
ISBN
9780833046215 (pbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
^^2008048586
OCLC
271597872
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library