The direct cost burden of 13 years of disabling workplace injuries in the U.S. (1998-2010): Findings from the Liberty Mutual Workplace Safety Index
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- 作者：Helen R. Marucci-Wellmana ; helen.wellman@libertymutual.com" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding authorAuthor Vitae ; Theodore K. Courtneya ; bAuthor Vitae ; Helen L. CornsaAuthor Vitae ; Gary S. SorockaAuthor Vitae ; Barbara S. WebstercAuthor Vitae ; Radoslaw WasiakdAuthor Vitae ; Y. Ian Noya ; bAuthor Vitae ; Simon MatzaAuthor Vitae ; Tom B. LeamonbAuthor Vitae
- 关键词：Work-related injury ; Burden ; Prevention ; Overexertion ; Falls
- 刊名：Journal of Safety Research
- 出版年：2015
- 出版时间：December 2015
- 年：2015
- 卷：55
- 期：Complete
- 页码：53-62
- 全文大小：786 K
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The LMWSI is an annual metric based on workers compensation (WC) costs of the most disabling non-fatal workplace injuries.
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Between 1998 and 2010 the LMWSI grew by 38%, from $37.1 billion to $51.1 billion in nominal terms.
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After adjusting for inflation, the burden in 2010 was similar in real-terms to the burden in 1998.
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Even after adjusting for inflation, injuries for fall on same level category, cost America $2 billion more in 2010 than 1998.
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The burden of overexertion injuries still far outweighs any other cause