Workplace injuries and accidents that cause employees to miss six or more days of work cost U.S. employers $59.9 billion in 2014, the most recent year for which statistically valid injury data are available, according to the 2017 Liberty Mutual …
Public policies on the treatment and benefits for injured workers explain some of the state-level variation in costs and outcomes of claims for low back pain, according to a new medical study. The study in the December Journal of Occupational …
Overexertion and falls account for more than $25 billion in workers’ compensation costs in the U.S. Being hurt by an object or equipment ranks third in workplace injury causes and claims costs in the Liberty Mutual Research Institute for Safety’s …
Early use of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) to diagnose work-related lower back pain often leads to higher medical costs, unnecessary medical procedures and prolonged disability, according to new medical research. Claims in which MRI was used either within the first …
