This statistic displays the direct costs of the top 10 most disabling U.S. workplace injuries in 2020, in billion U.S. dollars. Falls on same level was the second most disabling cause, responsible for around 18 percent of all workplace injuries in the United States. The direct costs for this type of injury stood at some 10.8 billion U.S. dollars in 2020.
Direct costs of the top 10 most disabling U.S. workplace injuries in 2020
(in billion U.S. dollars)
Costs in billion U.S. dollars
Overexertion
involving outside sources
13.98
Falls on same level
10.84
Struck by object or equipment
6.12
Falls on lower level
5.71
Other exertions or bodily reactions
4.69
Roadway incidents involving motorized land vehicle
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Liberty Mutual Research Institute for Safety. (May 31, 2020). Direct costs of the top 10 most disabling U.S. workplace injuries in 2020 (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 16, 2020, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/711311/direct-costs-of-top-disabling-workplace-injuries-in-the-us/
Liberty Mutual Research Institute for Safety. "Direct costs of the top 10 most disabling U.S. workplace injuries in 2020 (in billion U.S. dollars)." Chart. May 31, 2020. Statista. Accessed July 16, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/711311/direct-costs-of-top-disabling-workplace-injuries-in-the-us/
Liberty Mutual Research Institute for Safety. (2020). Direct costs of the top 10 most disabling U.S. workplace injuries in 2020 (in billion U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 16, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/711311/direct-costs-of-top-disabling-workplace-injuries-in-the-us/
Liberty Mutual Research Institute for Safety. "Direct Costs of The Top 10 Most Disabling U.S. Workplace Injuries in 2020 (in Billion U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 31 May 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/711311/direct-costs-of-top-disabling-workplace-injuries-in-the-us/
Liberty Mutual Research Institute for Safety, Direct costs of the top 10 most disabling U.S. workplace injuries in 2020 (in billion U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/711311/direct-costs-of-top-disabling-workplace-injuries-in-the-us/ (last visited July 16, 2020)
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