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1 Improving the Health and Safety of Transit Workers with Corresponding Impacts on the Bottom Line S.1 Background Transit workers experience more health and safety problems than the general workforce, primarily due to physical demands, environmental factors, and stresses related to their jobs. Finding explanations for these poor health outcomes and identifying potential solutions is the primary focus of this report.
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2 Improving the Health and Safety of Transit Workers with Corresponding Impacts on the Bottom Line The results obtained using these data provide additional information on the participation in and effectiveness of health promotion programs for transit workers. In addition to identifying and examining the reasons for these health outcomes and providing strategies to improve them, the project team completed an investigation of the costs associated with health and safety issues to accurately chronicle the full extent of the problem.
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Summary 3 The additional medical expenditure costs as a result of these health differences are high. Table S-2 presents the average annual medical expenditure for a person in the United States by each of these same six conditions as reported in the 2015 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS 2015)
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4 Improving the Health and Safety of Transit Workers with Corresponding Impacts on the Bottom Line society through out-of-pocket spending, employer-based insurance, and federal insurance sources (Table S-2)
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Summary 5 S.4 Case Studies These findings on expenditures, health conditions, and costs served as a basis for the case study analysis. Cataloging the degree to which transit agencies target areas where cost savings might be achieved was a key objective.
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6 Improving the Health and Safety of Transit Workers with Corresponding Impacts on the Bottom Line S.5 Study Limitations The research in this report is subject to several limitations. Some additional cost categories, such as quality of service, could not be itemized (primarily from a lack of available data)
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Summary 7 and safety programs or provide guidance on how to improve current programs. In terms of how to use this report to design wellness programs that benefit the health of transit workers, the authors of this report recommend a two-step approach: 1.
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