TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2019//
TI  - The rise and fall of the Occupational Health & Safety Agency for Healthcare (OHSAH) in British Columbia, Canada
JO  - Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
A1  - Camus, Susann
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - OBJECTIVE: This paper describes why the Occupational Health & Safety Agency for Healthcare (OHSAH) in British Columbia (BC) was created in 1998, factors contributing to its closure in 2010, and its contributions to healthcare occupational health and safety (OHS). <br><br>METHODS: This study applies an inductive approach consisting of 16 in-depth, confidential, semi-structured interviews with key informants, supplemented by a quantitative analysis of WorkSafeBC reports on injury and claim rates before, during, and following OHSAH's closure. <br><br>RESULTS: Injuries and claims declined during OHSAH's early years and increased by 59 percent following OHSAH's closure. Multiple factors contributed to the closure. <br><br>CONCLUSION: There is value to reconstituting a new healthcare OHS agency.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1076-2752
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/JOM.0000000000001722
ID  - ref1
ER  -