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Unreported Job Injuries May Top 50%, Researcher Warns

Establishing an accurate number of injuries in the workplace--especially those that go unreported--is difficult, according to Les Boden, a professor at the Boston University School of Public Health.

By Matt Brady | Updated on October 22, 2006

The number of job injuries that go unreported in the nation might exceed 50 percent, a researcher told a conference here last week.

Establishing an accurate number of injuries in the workplace–especially those that go unreported–is difficult, according to Les Boden, a professor at the Boston University School of Public Health. His comments came at a policy forum put on by the National Academy of Social Insurance, a nonprofit think tank.

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