Worker Health and Safety: More Needs to be Done

摘要

When a worker is killed, injured, or made ill on the job, it represents a tragedy for the employee and his or her family. Workplace injuries often impoverish those affected. The total cost of occupational injuries and illnesses in the United States is at least $250 billion annually. Workers' compensation pays only 21 percent of the costs. Workers, their families, and public and private social insurance and welfare programs subsidize the rest.