Causes of Serious Injuries Stay the Same, While Costs Continue to Rise

By: Cal-OSHA Reporter - The leading occupational safety and health publication in California.

SACRAMENTO -- Liberty Mutual Insurance calls the results of its 2004 Workplace Safety Index a good news/bad news scenario.The good news? The top causes of serious workplace injuries have remained the same for the past four years, giving safety managers "a clear roadmap" for preventing the most expensive injuries.But the bad news is that serious injuries keep getting more expensive. Liberty Mutual said more than half of the 12.1 percent increase in costs between 1998 and 2002 came in 2002. Meanwhi

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