| Levine, DI (2012) Randomized government safety inspections reduce worker injuries with no detectable job loss. | |
| Country | US |
| Aim | Analyze a natural field experiment to examine how workplace safety inspections affected injury rates and other outcomes. |
| Target population | Occupation: Mixed |
| Industry: All or mixed industries | |
| Setting: 888 All or mixed setting | |
| Firm size: Unclear/not reported | |
| Study design | CBA with comparison conditions: |
| Unit of analysis: Group/organizational level | |
| Sample size: 409 matched pairs; only sites with at least 10 employees, single business site, no prior inspection in last 2 years. Matched on industry, size, geographic region of the state. | |
| Type of intervention | 2.2.7 Enforcement of laws and regulations |
| Evaluation design | Duration of intervention: One short‐term inspection visit (estimated to be 1 day, which is the expected time needed for an inspection visit and follow‐up in case of orders or penalties) |
| Duration of follow‐up: 2 = Short‐term (≤12 months) | |
| Type of outcome measure: Injury | |
| Study quality | High quality |