The Impact of Occupational Injury Reduction on the U.S. Economy

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• Personal Author:
  Miller TR ; Waehrer G ; Zaloshnja E
• Description:
  BACKGROUND: Preventing occupational injuries reduces labor and fringe benefit costs to employers. The related savings filter through the economy, impacting its performance. This study is a first attempt to measure the impact of occupational injury reduction on national economic output, gross domestic product, national income, and employment by using an input-output model of the U.S. economy. METHODS: Occupational injury costs by industry for 1993 were used as a baseline for an input-output model, and the impact of the 38% injury rate reduction between 1993 and 2002 was measured. All computations are in year 2000 dollars. RESULTS: Declining occupational injury between 1993 and 2002 increased employment by an estimated 550,000 jobs. The increase in gross domestic product (GDP) was 25.5 billion US dollars or 9% of the average annual GDP increase from 1993 to 2002. CONCLUSIONS: These estimates represent the benefits of injury rate reduction but ignore associated prevention costs. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Occupational Health Occupational Injuries Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety
• Keywords:
  Accident-analysis Accident-rates Accidents Injuries Occupational-accidents Risk-analysis Risk-factors Traumatic-injuries Truck-drivers
• 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
• Volume:
  49
• Issue:
  9
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20031332
• Citation:
  Am J Ind Med 2006 Sep; 49(9):719-727
• Contact Point Address:
  Pacific Institute for Research & Evaluation, Calverton, MD 20705, USA
• Email:
  zaloshnja@pire.org
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2006
• 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:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/191603/cdc_191603_DS1.pdf
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