Costs of occupational injuries in construction in the United States
Costs of occupational injuries in construction in the United States
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DOI：
10.1016/j.aap.2007.03.012
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发表时间：
2007-11-01
影响因子：
5.9
通讯作者：
Men, Yurong
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作者：
Waehrer, Geetha M.;Dong, Xiuwen S.;Men, Yurong
本文利用美国劳工统计局2002年的全国工伤发生率数据和一个综合成本模型（包括直接医疗成本、工资和家庭生产力的间接损失，以及因工伤造成的生活质量成本估算），展示了建筑业致命和非致命伤害的成本。成本以三位数的行业水平、工人特征、工伤的详细来源和事件来表示。2002年，建筑业致命和非致命伤害的总成本估计为115亿美元，占所有私营行业成本的15%。建筑业每起致命或非致命伤害的平均成本为2.7万美元，几乎是2002年所有行业每起1.5万美元成本的两倍。五个行业占了整个行业一半以上的致命和非致命伤害成本。他们是杂项特殊行业承建商（SIC 179），其次是水管、暖气及空调（SIC 171）、电力工程（SIC 173）、重型建筑（不包括高速公路）（SIC 162）和住宅建筑（SIC 152），每项工程的造价均超过10亿元。(C) 2007 Elsevier Ltd.版权所有。
This paper presents costs of fatal and nonfatal injuries for the construction industry using 2002 national incidence data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics and a comprehensive cost model that includes direct medical costs, indirect losses in wage and household productivity, as well as an estimate of the quality of life costs due to injury. Costs are presented at the three-digit industry level, by worker characteristics, and by detailed source and event of injury. The total costs of fatal and nonfatal injuries in the construction industry were estimated at $11.5 billion in 2002, 15% of the costs for all private industry. The average cost per case of fatal or nonfatal injury is $27,000 in construction, almost double the per-case cost of $15,000 for all industry in 2002. Five industries accounted for over half the industry's total fatal and nonfatal injury costs. They were miscellaneous special trade contractors (SIC 179), followed by plumbing, heating and air-conditioning (SIC 17 1), electrical work (SIC 173), heavy construction except highway (SIC 162), and residential building construction (SIC 152), each with over $1 billion in costs. (C) 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.