An Economic Analysis of Occupational Safety at Agribusiness Retailers

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An Economic Analysis of Occupational Safety at Agribusiness Retailers

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2016-08

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Novel data on occupational injuries at agribusiness retailers are used to explore several aspects of the industry’s poor safety outcomes. A thorough description of the quantity and quality of injuries at agribusiness retailers reveals that injuries are relatively frequent compared to U.S. private industry. Models are estimated to describe individual-level safety climate, business location-level safety outcomes, and firm-level safety efficiency. Strong safety system elements are empirically linked to strong safety climate and managerial safety climate is identified as a key determinant of safety outcomes such as injury frequency and severity. Safety efficiency varies across firms, a finding that warrants future attention.

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University of Minnesota Ph.D. dissertation.August 2016. Major: Applied Economics. Advisor: Michael Boland. 1 computer file (PDF); x, 159 pages.

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Hanson, Erik. (2016). An Economic Analysis of Occupational Safety at Agribusiness Retailers. Retrieved from the University Digital Conservancy, https://hdl.handle.net/11299/201035.

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