Cochrane · systematic review · CD010183

Occupational safety and health enforcement tools for preventing occupational diseases and injuries

Mischke, C, Verbeek, JH, Job, J, et al. · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · 2013 · Cochrane Library

WorkAMSTAR 2: not assessed
SoF tableOnly the outcomes this review put in its Summary of Findings table are listed (the Cochrane Handbook caps them at about seven per comparison). Its other analyses are not shown here.
Questions
5
current version
GRADE rated
5
No studies
0
Included studies
NR
No studies 0 · 0%Ungraded 0 · 0%Very low 0 · 0%Low 5 · 100%Moderate 0 · 0%High 0 · 0%

Ungraded means an effect was reported without a GRADE rating; it is not a gap. No studies means the review found nothing to answer the question. The six categories are a display order, not a score.

Questions and results

Inspection compared to no intervention for preventing occupational diseases and injuries

Population: firms potentially subject to inspection
5 questions
OutcomeEffectEvidenceStatus / GRADE
Fatal and non‐fatal injuries in RCT, short‐term
Inspection vs no intervention
RR 1.04 [0.9, 1.21]NRLow
Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision
Fatal and non‐fatal injuries in CBA, medium‐term
Inspection vs no intervention
RR 0.87 [0.75, 1.02]NRLow
Downgraded: risk of bias
Fatal and non‐fatal injuries in CBA, long‐term
Inspection vs no intervention
RR 0.77 [0.64, 0.92]NRLow
Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision
Fatal and non‐fatal crashes, ITS‐level Crash data
Inspection vs no intervention
no estimate extractedNRLow
Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision
Fatal and non‐fatal crashes, ITS‐slope Crash data
Inspection vs no intervention
no estimate extractedNRLow
Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision