combined values chart - guide or mandate? |
The Combined Values Chart (CVC) is included in the 2005 Permanent Disability Rating Schedule (PDRS) as the tool for parties to use to add impairments. The form of mathematics is a bit odd. Under the CVC, 30 + 20 = 44. And 80 + 30 = 86. Some have wondered if this was part of the new "core curriculum" that's all the rage in schools right now. Not exactly. The drafters of the 2005 PDRS felt that this complicated reduction formula was the most accurate method for rating an injured worker's impairment. The formula is intended to take into account the effect of "overlap" among injuries to multiple body parts from a single industrial injury....read more. |
new study points to significant underreporting of injuries to bLS |
90 percent of employers do not comply with OSHA recordkeeping regulations, resulting in underreporting by 38 percent of the surveyed employers
Thomas A. Robinson, J.D., our Feature National Columnist, is a leading commentator and expert on the law of workers' compensation.
According to a recently published study, as many as 90 percent of the employers participating in the annual US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses (SOII) do not comply with OSHA recordkeeping regulations, resulting in underreporting of work-related injuries and illnesses by 38 percent of the surveyed employers [see Wuellner, Sara E., MPH and Bonauto, David K., M.D., MPH, "Exploring the Relationship Between Employer Recordkeeping and Underreporting in the BLS Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses," American Journal of Industrial Medicine]. The study confirms the concerns in the SOII's accuracy that...read more. |