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OBJECTIVE Determine the industries with the highest proportion of accepted COVID-19 related workers\' compensation (WC) claims. METHODS Study included 21,336 WC claims (1,898 COVID-19 and 19,438 other claims) that were filed between Jan 1, 2020 and August 31, 2020 from 11 states in the Midwest U.S. RESULT The overwhelming proportion of all COVID-19 related WC claims submitted and accepted were from healthcare workers (83.77%). Healthcare was the only industrial classification that was at significantly higher COVID-19 WC claim submission risk (OR: 4.00; 95% CI: 2.77-5.79) controlling for type of employment, gender, age, and presumption of COVID-19 work-relatedness. Within healthcare employment, WC claims submitted by workers in medical laboratories had the highest risk (crude rate ratio of 8.78). CONCLUSION Healthcare employment is associated with an increased risk of developing COVID-19 infections and submitting a workers\' compensation claim.
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