This statistic displays the direct costs of the top 10 most disabling U.S. workplace injuries in 2019, in billion U.S. dollars. Falls on same level was the second most disabling cause, responsible for around 19 percent of all workplace injuries in the United States. The direct costs for this type of injury stood at some 10 billion U.S. dollars in 2019.
Direct costs of the top 10 most disabling U.S. workplace injuries in 2019
(in billion U.S. dollars)
Costs in billion U.S. dollars
Overexertion
involving outside sources
13.1
Falls on same level
10.4
Struck by object or equipment
5.2
Falls on lower level
5
Other exertions or bodily reactions
4
Roadway incidents involving motorized land vehicle
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Liberty Mutual Research Institute for Safety. (April 10, 2019). Direct costs of the top 10 most disabling U.S. workplace injuries in 2019 (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 06, 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 2019 (in billion U.S. dollars)." Chart. April 10, 2019. Statista. Accessed April 06, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/711311/direct-costs-of-top-disabling-workplace-injuries-in-the-us/
Liberty Mutual Research Institute for Safety. (2019). Direct costs of the top 10 most disabling U.S. workplace injuries in 2019 (in billion U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 06, 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 2019 (in Billion U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 10 Apr 2019, 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 2019 (in billion U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/711311/direct-costs-of-top-disabling-workplace-injuries-in-the-us/ (last visited April 06, 2020)
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