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The economic cost of fatal occupational injuries in the United States, 1980-97.

Authors

Biddle-EA

Source

Contemp Econ Policy 2004 Jul; 22(3):370-381

Link

http://www.cep.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/22/3/370 

NIOSHTIC No.

20025154 

Abstract

According to the National Traumatic Occupational Fatalities (NTOF) surveillance system, occupational injuries claimed the lives of over 100,000 American workers from 1980 to 1997. Previous estimates presented aggregate values of life, providing no information on the cost variations for different case or worker characteristics. This research developed an interactive computer program that estimates comprehensive national costs for all occupational fatal injuries reported through NTOF, nearly $85 billion for 1980-1997, and specific estimates for the burden on selected groups and characteristics of the fatality. These estimates provide an additional basis for targeting and evaluating the effectiveness of investments in prevention of occupational fatalities.

Keywords

Occupational-hazards; Injuries; Traumatic-injuries; Surveillance-programs; Information-retrieval-systems; Mortality-data; Mortality-rates; Computer-models; Injury-prevention; Mathematical-models

Contact

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Division of Safety Research, Mail Stop-1811, 1095 Willowdale Road, Morgantown, WV 26505

Publication Date

20040701

Document Type

Journal Article

Email Address

EBiddle@cdc.gov

Fiscal Year

2004

NTIS Accession No.

NTIS Price

Issue of Publication

3

ISSN

1074-3529

NIOSH Division

DSR

Priority Area

Research Tools and Approaches: Social and Economic Consequences

Source Name

Contemporary Economic Policy

State

WV