Numbers Games: Workers Comp & Baseball
Major league baseballs mania for collecting every statistic related to each players time on the diamond has now expanded to count the athletes strains, sprains and other injuries in a bid to reduce workers compensation claims.
The statistics gathering process is "a very sophisticated program that is in its infancy," explained Pete Eshelman, the chief executive officer of American Specialty, in Roanoke, Ind., a risk services firm that manages the medical aspect of major and minor league worker injury claims.
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