Researchers Say Costs of Job Injuries – Are Greatly Underestimated

SAN FRANCISCO - The incidence, mortality and direct and indirect costs associated with occupational injuries and illnesses in the United States in 1992 were very large --- "of the same magnitude as those of cancer, of all circulatory diseases, and of all musculoskeletal conditions."The five-person team that reached that conclusion used econometric methds and workers' compensation cost data, as well as drawing from a large variety of other sources for their estimates. The researchers concluded that expe