The Economic Cost of Fatal Occupational Injuries in the United States, 1980–97

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• Personal Author:
  Biddle, Elyce A.
• Description:
  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. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Mortality Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Safety Software
• Keywords:
  Computer-models Information-retrieval-systems Injuries Injury-prevention Mathematical-models Mortality-data Mortality-rates Occupational-hazards Surveillance-programs Traumatic-injuries
• ISSN:
  1074-3529
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSR - Division of Safety Research
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  370-381
• Volume:
  22
• Issue:
  3
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20025154
• Citation:
  Contemp Econ Policy 2004 Jul; 22(3):370-381
• Contact Point Address:
  E. A. Biddle, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Division of Safety Research, Mail Stop-1811, 1095 Willowdale Road, Morgantown, WV 26505
• Email:
  EBiddle@cdc.gov
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2004
• NORA Priority Area:
  Research Tools and Approaches: Social and Economic Consequences
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  Contemporary Economic Policy
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:afe795540d5818a3d8689f6a409b5a9067e93a175da5344aae67f32c8aaf96e1e0f59adb676e25118e62cfa5ff50957395d1c59bd6695aa4d695771e9928eea9
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/196640/cdc_196640_DS1.pdf
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