Cost-conscious employers would be wise to evaluate their potential health care savings from traffic safety programs. This report shows that by preventing motor vehicle crashes, the potential health care savings are large. Motor vehicle injury costs to employers are reported on a nationwide, state-by-state, and industry basis. The report improves on the national and state-by-state estimates of employer costs of crashes presented in "Traffic Safety and Health Care: State and National Estimates of Employer Costs" (HS-808 234). It adds estimates of employer costs by industry. The conclusion drawn from the facts reported herein is that savings are potentially as high as $50,000 per million vehicle miles of travel. Protecting employees from motor vehicle crash injury can be a profitable investment of time and resources. (Author/publisher)
Samenvatting