Total costs of teen workplace injuries by severity (in 1993 dollars)
| Injury type | Total costs per injury in $ | No of workplace injuries | Total cost in millions of $ | Total cost for all in millions of $ | % Of total workplace injuries | % Of cost of work injury for overall population accounted for by teens |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Note: the percentages in the last column are calculated using per injury costs in Miller and Galbraith10 (inflated to 1993 levels) with 1993 incidence estimates of 6271 fatalities and 8 752 200 non-fatal injuries (3 200 000 with work loss and 5 552 000 without work loss) from Accident Facts.21 These incidence numbers are also used to calculate the percentage of injuries accounted for by teenagers. Incidence numbers may not add up due to rounding. | ||||||
| Fatal | 3 900 000 | 168 | 655 | 17 600 | 2.7 | 3.7 |
| All non-fatal | 11 600 | 371 200 | 4306 | 102 000 | 4.2 | 4.2 |
| Lost work | 28 800 | 146 300 | 4213 | 77 000 | 4.6 | 5.5 |
| No lost work | 450 | 224 900 | 101 | 4053 | 4.1 | 2.5 |
| All types | 13 550 | 371 400 | 5023 | 128 000 | 4.2 | 3.9 |