A randomised controlled study to evaluate the effectiveness of targeted occupational health and safety consultation or inspection in Ontario manufacturing workplaces

@article{HoggJohnson2012ARC,
  title={A randomised controlled study to evaluate the effectiveness of targeted occupational health and safety consultation or inspection in Ontario manufacturing workplaces},
  author={S. Hogg-Johnson and Lynda S. Robson and Donald C. Cole and Benjamin C. Amick and Emile Tompa and Peter M. Smith and Dwayne Van Eerd and Cameron Mustard},
  journal={Occupational and Environmental Medicine},
  year={2012},
  volume={69},
  pages={890 - 900}
}
Objective From 2004 to 2008, the prevention system in Ontario, Canada ran the High Risk Firm Initiative, an injury-experience based targeted consultation or inspection programme. Our objective was to establish whether prevention system targeting of firms was effective in improving injury outcomes. Methods Randomised controlled parallel groups. Population included all manufacturing firms registered with the Ontario Workplace Safety & Insurance Board in 2005. Firms ranked between the 2nd and 10th… 
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