title: If it bleeds, it leads: the construction of workplace injury in Canadian newspapers, 2009-2014.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Public perceptions of workplace injuries are shaped by media reports, but the accuracy of such reports is unknown.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  This study identifies differences between workers' compensation claims data and newspaper reports of workplace injuries in Canadian newspapers and media sources.
  
  
  METHODS
  This study applies quantitative content analysis to 245 Canadian English-language newspaper articles from 2009 to 2014. Workers' compensation claims data is drawn from the Association of Workers' Compensation Boards of Canada.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Newspapers dramatically overreport fatalities, injuries to men, injuries in the construction and mining/quarrying/oil industries, injuries stemming from contact with objects/equipment and fires/explosions, and acute physical injuries such as burns, fractures, intracranial injuries, and traumatic injuries. Newspaper reporters tend to rely upon government, police/firefighter, and employer accounts, rarely recounting the perspectives of workers.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Newspapers overreported fatalities, injuries to men, and injuries in the construction and mining/quarrying/oil industries. This results in a misleading picture of occupational injuries in Canada.
authors.forename: Bob
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Barnetson
authors.forename: Jason
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Foster
mesh_terms: D000062:Accidents, Occupational / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002170:Canada; D060389:Construction Industry / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D019652:Extraction and Processing Industry / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D020452:Journalism; D008297:Male; D008402:Mass Media; D008875:Middle Aged; D009524:Newspapers as Topic; D060051:Occupational Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology*; D017132:Workplace / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Canada,; Content analysis; Media,; Workplace injury,