Public Health Assessment Division, Health Promotion and Wellness Directorate, U.S. Army Public Health Center, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Aberdeen, Maryland; Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland.
Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland.
Am J Prev Med. 2022 Jun;62(6):878-884. doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2021.09.022.
Low wages are associated with an increased risk of occupational injuries. Increasing the minimum wage is one way to increase workers' wages; however, a previous study found that higher state minimum wage was associated with an increase in nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses. This study aims to examine the association between state minimum-wage laws and fatal occupational injuries.
Fatal occupational injury data (2003-2017) for the 50 U.S. states were obtained from the Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries. State minimum-wage law information was obtained from Temple's LawAtlas website. Linear and Poisson regression models were used to analyze the association between state minimum-wage laws and the rates of fatal occupational injury per 100,000 workers. All data were analyzed in 2020.
Having a state minimum wage higher than the federal minimum had no statistically significant association with fatal occupational injury rate, (-4.0%, 95% CI= -9.1, 1.5). State minimum wage amount was also not associated with fatal occupational injuries (-4.0%, 95% CI= -9.1, 1.5).
Although previous research suggested that state minimum-wage laws were associated with increased rates of nonfatal occupational injuries, these findings indicate that these laws are not associated with an increased risk of fatal occupational injuries. Concerns that raising the minimum wage will lead to worse workplace safety may be unfounded.
低工资与职业伤害风险增加有关。提高最低工资是增加工人工资的一种方式；然而，之前的一项研究发现，较高的州最低工资与非致命性职业伤害和疾病的增加有关。本研究旨在检验州最低工资法与致命性职业伤害之间的关系。
从人口普查致命职业伤害数据（2003-2017 年）中获得了美国 50 个州的致命职业伤害数据。州最低工资法信息来自 Temple 的 LawAtlas 网站。线性和泊松回归模型用于分析州最低工资法与每 10 万名工人致命职业伤害率之间的关系。所有数据均在 2020 年进行分析。
州最低工资高于联邦最低工资与致命职业伤害率没有统计学显著关联（-4.0%，95%CI=-9.1，1.5）。州最低工资数额也与致命职业伤害无关（-4.0%，95%CI=-9.1，1.5）。
尽管之前的研究表明，州最低工资法与非致命性职业伤害率的增加有关，但这些发现表明，这些法律与致命性职业伤害风险的增加无关。提高最低工资会导致工作场所安全状况恶化的担忧可能是没有根据的。
