Risk Factors Associated with Disability Following Work-Related Injuries

This study uses a previously untapped database—administrative data on claims filed under the Federal Employees' Compensation Act—to show how risk factors underlying disability following a work-related injury differ across groups defined by demographics, employment characteristics, and injury type (that is, injury or illness). Differences exist in three areas: the probability of incurring an injury, the probability of incurring a disability after an injury has occurred, and the size of the association between a risk factor and the probability of incurring a disability.