Minnesota Human Resource

Park merges Minnesota workers compensation claims with survey data from the Minnesota Human Resource Management Practice file, developed at the Industrial Relations Center at the University of Minnesota. He finds that employee participation in decision making lowers the injury claim rate, as our model suggests, but that the reduction is not statistically significant. 

Some 121 firms completed the survey forms, for a sample response rate of 53 percent. The survey consists of 11 sections, covering the general safety record of the company, company and employee characteristics, management culture, human resource practices, safety practices, and safety consultation programs provided by the Minnesota Occupational Safety and Health Administration (MNOSHA) consultation unit. Table 2.1 summarizes the question items included in the 22-page survey. These 121 firms have matched with about 5,125 workers compensation indemnity claims for the years 1990 through 1998— that is, the claims were filed by workers of those 121 firms. Federal employer identification numbers were only available for about 10 percent of fire sample and have proven to be unreliable for matching. Hence, we used the name of... 

Minnesota Department ofNatural Resources, 2000, Minnesota s water supply—Natural conditions and human impacts, 19 p. 

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