Dive summary:

• The Center for Construction Research and Training (CPWR) sponsored a study run by a Colorado official that concluded that construction workers still under-report their injuries for various reasons, and not wanting to lose incentives for staying safe was one of them.
• The new study comes after one in 2011 that found as many as 75% of among Hispanic workers do not report injuries sustained while working for small contractors.
• Some workers said they worried about not being rehired, others said they were not sure if pains they had were from the job or other causes and many said over-the-counter medications were how they dealt with them.

From the article:

The study points out that while 14% of respondents indicated that they did not report their injuries to avoid losing an incentive for minimal lost work time, safety incentive programs have been associated with accident reduction and increased preventative safety behavior in prior research.  ...