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Top 10 causes of workplace injuries

Jill Dyck • Mar 30, 2017

Costing over $51 Billion

Top 10 causes of workplace injuries

"Top 10 Injury Causes : Overexertion involving outside sources ranked first among the leading causes of disabling injury. This event category, which includes injuries related to lifting, pushing, pulling, holding, carrying or throwing objects , cost businesses $15.08 billion in direct costs and accounted for nearly a quarter of the overall national burden."*

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Read the entire article here: https://www.libertymutualgroup.com/about-liberty-mutual-site/research-institute-site/Documents/2016%20WSI.pdf

*Source: Liberty Mutual Research Institute for Safety
www.libertymutualgroup.com/researchinstitute


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