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Why is Injury Prevention so
Important?
Over 2/3 of Workplace Injuries are
Musculoskeletal and Repetitive in Nature
Indirect Costs for an Injured Employee off
Work Averages 4 Times the Direct
Workers Compensation Costs
Injuries cost money and over time the cost of injuries will
continue to escalate for companies.  Medical fees, Workman’
s Compensation rates, and OSHA compliance costs will
continue to rise in the future.  Employers have continued to
experience increased Workman’s Compensation rates for
the past five years, and that trend is expected to continue.  
Additionally, the national workforce is eroding as the
average age of the working population increases and the
physical fitness of the working population is decreasing.  In
fact, the demographics of the United States population are
rapidly changing with the aging of the baby boomer
population.  Additionally, the governmental data confirms
that two-thirds of the American population does not engage
in any type of regular physical activity.  Therefore, the
overall health of our workforce is deteriorating.

Costs associated with work related injuries are related to the
frequency, incidence, and the severity of the injuries.  Thus,
the more injuries sustained, the more work related injury
cases are open.  Additionally, injuries of higher severity will
lead to more expensive management of the case and usually
more time off work.  With this in mind, the most cost effective
management of work related injuries is prevention of the
injury.

Preventive medicine is a rapidly developing area of research
and practice.  And, preventive medicine provided to
businesses as a means of work related injury prevention,
has a potential for significant cost savings for the client
business.  For example, one injury will incur direct costs of a
work-related injury, and the company will also spend
between three and ten times that amount in indirect costs
such as loss of productivity, training new employees, etc.  
Additionally, if a worker must leave the industry due to the
injury it will cost the company three times the employee’s
annual salary to replace that employee.  Thus, it is
financially practical to provide injury preventative measures
for the employees.  Moreover, OSHA and other safety-
related organizations are enforcing regulations with large
penalties that may cost thousands of dollars.  Many safety
organizations and insurance companies actually provide
incentives to companies that volunteer to provide
preventative injury programs for their employees.  Therefore,
in the corporate sector, injury prevention and management
may save hundreds of thousands of dollars in direct and
indirect costs.
An Employee that does not Return to
Work Costs a Company 2-3 Times the
Employee's Annual Salary