Costs of Occupational Injury and Illness Across States

The objective of this study was to estimate occupational injury and illness costs per worker across states. Analysis was conducted on injury data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics and costs data from workers' compensation records. The following states were at the top of the list for average c...

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Published in:Journal of occupational and environmental medicine 2004-10, Vol.46 (10), p.1084-1095
Main Authors: Waehrer, Geetha, Leigh, J. Paul, Cassady, Diana, Miller, Ted R.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Accidents, Occupational - economics
Accidents, Occupational - statistics & numerical data
Adult
Age Distribution
Biological and medical sciences
Cost of Illness
Cost-Benefit Analysis
Costs
Data Collection
Female
Humans
Illnesses
Incidence
Injuries
Linear Models
Male
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Miscellaneous
Occupational accidents
Occupational Diseases - economics
Occupational Diseases - epidemiology
Occupational medicine
ORIGINAL ARTICLES
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
Registries
Sex Distribution
States
Survival Analysis
United States - epidemiology
Workers' Compensation - economics
Workers' Compensation - statistics & numerical data
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Summary:The objective of this study was to estimate occupational injury and illness costs per worker across states. Analysis was conducted on injury data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics and costs data from workers' compensation records. The following states were at the top of the list for average cost (cost per worker): West Virginia, Alaska, Wyoming, Kentucky, and Mississippi. The following states were at the bottom: South Carolina, Delaware, Minnesota, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire. The following variables (and signs on regression coefficients comparing this industry with manufacturing) were important in explaining the variation across states: employment in farming (+), agricultural service, forestry, fishing (+), mining (+), transportation and public utilities (+), wholesale trade (-), and finance, insurance, real estate (-). Southern and especially Western states were disproportionately represented in the high cost per worker list. A significant amount of the variation in cost per worker across states was explained by the composition of industries.
ISSN:1076-2752
1536-5948
DOI:10.1097/01.jom.0000141659.17062.4b