In terms of cost, falls on the same level were the second most disabling workplace injury in the United States in 2022. The direct costs for this type of injury that year stood at some 10.52 billion U.S. dollars. This statistic displays the direct costs of the top 10 most disabling U.S. workplace injuries in 2022, in billion U.S. dollars.
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Direct costs of the top 10 most disabling U.S. workplace injuries in 2022
(in billion U.S. dollars)
Characteristic
Costs in billion U.S. dollars
Overexertion involving outside sources
13.7
Falls on same level
10.52
Struck by object or equipment
5.81
Falls to lower level
5.78
Other exertions or bodily reactions
3.9
Roadway incidents involving motorized land vehicle
"The Liberty Mutual Workplace Safety Index is based on information from Liberty Mutual, customized data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Office of Safety, Health, and Working Conditions, and the National Academy of Social Insurance (NASI). BLS nonfatal injury data are analyzed with the Liberty Mutual data to determine which events caused employees to miss more than five days of work and then to rank those events by workers compensation costs, which are then scaled to the NASI total cost. To capture accurate injury cost data, each index is based on data three years prior. Accordingly, the 2025 Index reflects 2022 data."
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Liberty Mutual Research Institute for Safety. (March 1, 2025). Direct costs of the top 10 most disabling U.S. workplace injuries in 2022 (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 24, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/711311/direct-costs-of-top-disabling-workplace-injuries-in-the-us/
Liberty Mutual Research Institute for Safety. "Direct costs of the top 10 most disabling U.S. workplace injuries in 2022 (in billion U.S. dollars)." Chart. March 1, 2025. Statista. Accessed July 24, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/711311/direct-costs-of-top-disabling-workplace-injuries-in-the-us/
Liberty Mutual Research Institute for Safety. (2025). Direct costs of the top 10 most disabling U.S. workplace injuries in 2022 (in billion U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 24, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/711311/direct-costs-of-top-disabling-workplace-injuries-in-the-us/
Liberty Mutual Research Institute for Safety. "Direct Costs of The Top 10 Most Disabling U.S. Workplace Injuries in 2022 (in Billion U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Mar 2025, https://www.statista.com/statistics/711311/direct-costs-of-top-disabling-workplace-injuries-in-the-us/
Liberty Mutual Research Institute for Safety, Direct costs of the top 10 most disabling U.S. workplace injuries in 2022 (in billion U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/711311/direct-costs-of-top-disabling-workplace-injuries-in-the-us/ (last visited July 24, 2025)
Direct costs of the top 10 most disabling U.S. workplace injuries in 2022 (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph], Liberty Mutual Research Institute for Safety, March 1, 2025. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/711311/direct-costs-of-top-disabling-workplace-injuries-in-the-us/
