Employer Costs of Alcohol-Involved Injuries

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• Personal Author:
  Galvin D ; Hendrie D ; Miller TR ; Zaloshnja E
• Description:
  BACKGROUND: This study estimates the annual cost of alcohol-related injuries to employers in 1998-2000. METHODS: Incidence was estimated with occupational injury data, motor vehicle crash data and health care data for 1998-2000. Employer costs were estimated from federal estimates of injury costs by source of payment using data on the percentage of varied payment streams (e.g., health insurance, sick leave) paid by employers. RESULTS: The annual employer cost of alcohol-related injuries to employees and their dependents exceed US dollars 28.6 billion. Out of this, US dollars 13.2 billion comes from job-related, alcohol-involved injuries. The annual employer cost of motor vehicle crashes in which at least one driver was alcohol-impaired is over US dollars 9.2 billion. Out of this, only US dollars 3.4 billion comes from job-related alcohol involvement. CONCLUSION: Safety programs can reduce the fringe benefit bill without reducing the benefits offered to employees. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Alcoholic Beverages Occupational Health Occupational Injuries Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Safety Management
• Keywords:
  Accident-analysis Accident-rates Accidents Alcoholic-beverages Occupational-accidents Risk-analysis Risk-factors Safety-practices Safety-programs Substance-abuse Traumatic-injuries

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• ISSN:
  0271-3586
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Maryland ; OSHA Region 3
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  136-142
• Volume:
  50
• Issue:
  2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20031761
• Citation:
  Am J Ind Med 2007 Feb; 50(2):136-142
• Contact Point Address:
  Eduard Zaloshnja, Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation, 11710 Beltsville Drive, Suite 125, Calverton, MD 20705
• Email:
  zaloshnja@pire.org
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2007
• Performing Organization:
  Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation, Calverton, Maryland
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20000601
• Source Full Name:
  American Journal of Industrial Medicine
• End Date:
  20040531
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:69d4aa57aa6adb7e8ac7df2463929fc79621ce241715474346c8e13afd06cdb39e035e3db6ccb35407adc26b7147aea63da475911a6bb7797599b2b8c700b144
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/185934/cdc_185934_DS1.pdf
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