Through access to WC records and work hours we were able to
describe injury and payment rates for injuries experienced on this
large construction project. Based on previous work capturing injuries
and hours worked for defined groups of workers, we had expected
over 500 injuries on this site for investigation and analysis (Glazner
et al., 1998; Lipscomb et al., 1996), many more than actually occurred.
Access to the physical work site and to personnel enabled us to use
interviews, focus groups, and site observations to assess and describe
the safety practices from the perspective of multiple parties including