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Workers lost earnings after being injured at work. Even after 3.5 years they were unable to attain the earnings level they had before being injured. 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.
BLS also makes it clear that hand injuries arenât cheap: âThe average hand injury claim has now exceeded $6,000, with each lost-time workersâ compensation claim reaching nearly $7,500.â Furthermore, hand injury costs can vary greatly by the injury type. Stitches can run up to $2,000. A laceration can cost as much as $10,000. And a severed tendon can easily cost more than $70,000. The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery did a study on the frequency, cost of treatment, and lost productivity from hand and wrist injuries and found the following: â¢ Hand and wrist injuries cost the most compared to other emergency department injuries at $740 million a year (knee and lower limb fractures cost $562 million annually, skull-brain injuries cost $355 million, and hip fractures cost $532 million)