The Economic Burden of Workplace Injuries: According to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, every year workplace injuries, illnesses and deaths cost our nation $170 billion (1). There are direct costs and indirect costs associated with all workplace injuries. Direct costs are those payments made to the employee and medical care providers. Indirect costs refer to the costs associated with lost productivity, training, administrative time, reduced product quality, overhead costs, legal fees and increased insurance premiums. In 2001, the economic burden to our nation from over-exertion injuries or injuries caused by excessive pushing, pulling, lifting, holding or carrying resulted in $9.8 billion in direct costs, repetitive motion injuries totaled $2.3 billion in direct costs, and the indirect costs associated with these ergonomic injuries accounted for $39 billion (2).
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