Whether you are a small business owner or director of EHS at a large corporation, you know the importance of safety. It’s important not only to workers and their families and production schedules; it also is important to the bottom line. Nothing illustrates that point better than the Liberty Mutual Workplace Safety Index, which ranks the top 10 causes of disabling workplace injuries. Non-fatal injuries requiring at least six days away from work cost U.S. businesses $61.88 billion per year in direct workers’ compensation costs according to the 2016 index. The top 10 serious, disabling, non-fatal workplace injuries or accidents account for 82.5 percent of that total – $51.06 billion of the total cost burden.

1. The 10 Most-
Expensive Non-
Fatal Workplace
Injuries
Presented by:
Bernard L Fontaine, Jr., CIH, CSP
Windsor Consulting Group, Inc.

2. The 10 Most-Expensive Non-Fatal Workplace Injuries
Whether you are a small business owner or director of EHS at a large
corporation, you know the importance of safety. It’s important not only to workers
and their families and production schedules; it also is important to the bottom
line.
Nothing illustrates that point better than the Liberty Mutual Workplace Safety
Index, which ranks the top 10 causes of disabling workplace injuries.
Non-fatal injuries requiring at least six days away from work cost U.S. businesses
$61.88 billion per year in direct workers’ compensation costs according to the
2016 index. The top 10 serious, disabling, non-fatal workplace injuries or
accidents account for 82.5 percent of that total – $51.06 billion of the total cost
burden.

3. Repetitive Motion Involving Micro-Tasks
2.9 percent – $1.82 Billion
Risky Jobs/Work Tasks
Electronic assemblers
Diesel/auto mechanic
Packing line workers
Automotive assembly
Butchers

4. Struck Against Object or Equipment
3 percent – $1.85 Billion
Risky Jobs/Work Tasks
Construction workers
Warehouse workers
Bulk storage facilities
Distribution workers
Equipment operators
Shipping and receiving

5. Caught In/Compressed By Equipment or Objects
3.2 percent – $1.97 Billion
Risky Jobs/Work Tasks
Fleet mechanics
Equipment operators
Construction workers
Industrial mechanics
Machinery operators
Apprentice trades

6. 3.8 percent – $2.35 Billion
Risky Jobs/Work Tasks
Tannery workers
Electroplaters
Textile workers
Petrochemical workers
Oil and gas platforms
Construction workers
Fishermen
Restaurant workers
Slip or Trip Without Fall

7. 4.8 percent – $2.96 Billion
Risky Jobs/Work Tasks
Highway patrol officers
Construction workers
Agricultural farmers
Shipyard and dry dock
Stevedores
Highway workers
Warehouse workers
Roadway Incidents By Motorized Land
Vehicle

8. 6.7 percent – $4.15 Billion
Risky Jobs/Work Tasks
Logistics packaging
Shipping and receiving
Electronic assembly
Welders
Construction workers
Industrial trades
Other Exertions or Bodily Reactions

9. 8.6 percent – $5.31 Billion
Risky Jobs/Work Tasks
Warehouse workers
Shipping and handling
Storage facilities
Construction workers
Shipyard workers
Military combat
Agricultural workers
Struck By Object or Equipment

10. 8.7 percent – $5.4 Billion
Risky Jobs/Work Tasks
Construction workers
Equipment operators
Transportation workers
Marine terminal workers
Petrochemical plants
Oil/gas refineries and
offshore platforms
Falls to Lower Level

11. 16.4 percent – $10.17 Billion
Risky Jobs/Work Tasks
Mining workers
Oil/gas platforms
Shipyard workers
Construction workers
Equipment operators
Transportation workers
Port terminal workers
Falls to Same Level

12. 24.4 percent - $15.08 Billion
Risky Jobs/Work Tasks
Movers and riggers
Warehouse workers
Shipping and receiving
Transportation workers
Delivery drivers
Logistics workers
Overexertion Involving Outside Source