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Article: Workplace Injuries Cost Us $215 Billion!

I'm researching a story about workplace safety and found OSHA's page about the costs associated with workplace injuries.  Here's some of the statistics I'm discovering: Workplace injuries cost US employers $1 billion a week in worker's compensation costs alone.i  When lost time of other workers is factored with loss of product produced and other costs, the total economic impact of occupational accidents was estimated to be more than $215 billion in 2008.ii Kurt and I did a bit of figuring:...


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