Paid by Employers and Government

These charts and tables provide estimates of comprehensive, preventable injury-related costs paid by employers and government, broken down by class. Wage-risk premiums were the single biggest expense to employers, followed by medical expenses; those two categories flipped for government.


COST CATEGORIES (click on any term for a complete definition):

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Source: National Safety Council estimates.

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Source: National Safety Council estimates.

Government agencies are also employers. Employer and government data are not mutually exclusive and should not be added together.