ESTIMATING THE COSTS OF OCCUPATIONAL INJURY IN THE UNITED STATES

This article estimates workplace injury costs in the United States. These costs have been studied in less detail than most injury costs. Our methods, which mostly use regularly published data, produce order-of-magnitude estimates. Overall, workplace injuries cost the U.S. an estimated $140 billion annually. This estimate includes $17 billion in medical and emergency services, $60 billion in lost productivity, $5 billion in insurance costs, and $62 billion in lost quality of life. One sixth of the societal costs result from the 3% of workplace injuries in motor vehicle crashes. Motor vehicle costs per injury are almost 6 times the workplace injury average.

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• Authors:
  • Miller, T R
  • Galbraith, M
• Publication Date: 1995-12

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 741-747
• Serial:
  • Accident Analysis & Prevention
  • Volume: 27
  • Issue Number: 6
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 0001-4575
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00014575

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Injuries; Occupational safety; Traffic crashes; Work environment
• Uncontrolled Terms: Injury costs
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00715222
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 22 1996 12:00AM