Incidence of COVID-19 and Worker's Compensation Utilization Among Food Manufacturing in Wisconsin, October 1, 2020 - December 31, 2021.

Komi Kks ModjiKatherine E McCoyPaul D CreswellJonathan G Meiman

Published in: WMJ : official publication of the State Medical Society of Wisconsin (2024)

Wisconsin food manufacturing workers were disproportionately affected by COVID-19, with a high cumulative case incidence rate exceeding that of the manufacturing industry overall, statewide non-institutionalized working-age adults, and the ambulatory health care industry. There was also a disproportionately low use of worker's compensation benefits in Wisconsin compared to the high COVID-19 disease incidence. Improved worker protections for occupational infectious diseases with high risk of transmission are needed as well as improvements to the worker's compensation system.

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