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High Cost of Employee Injuries - 2021 OSHA Insights by OCCU-TEC, Inc.

Written by OCCU-TEC, Inc. | Oct 1, 2021 9:19:09 PM

The financial impact of employee injuries can be significant. Injuries can happen as a result of not staying OSHA compliant. Consider the cost of just one lost-time injury due to mental stress, a much-discussed injury type today, for a company operating at a 5% profit margin.

  • Direct cost-$35,151
  • Indirect cost-$38,666
  • Total cost-$73,817

To cover the total cost of this one lost-time injury a company must sell an additional $1,476,340.

 

Learn more about OSHA compliance to prevent costly and avoidable workplace injuries.

 

Source: OSHA, Safety Pays