The Cost of Non-Fatal Injuries

Non-fatal Injuries Cost Dearly The 2016 Liberty Mutual Workplace Safety Index, based off 2013 injury data, reports the top 10 injuries cost U.S. businesses, workers and society over $51 billion in direct workers’ compensation expenses. The list, in order of direct costs of the most disabling injuries, includes: -Overexertion involving an outside source -Falls on the same level -Falls to a lower level  -Being struck by an object or equipment -Other exertions or body reactions -Roadway incidents involving a motorized land vehicle -Slipping\tripping – w/o a fall -Being caught in/compressed by equipment or objects -Being struck against an object or equipment -Repetitive motions involving micro-tasks   Why did the sheet music run away from the singer? She kept hitting all the notes!