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  • Occupational health and safety
  • Insurance analytics
  • Economic impact of workplace injuries

Background:

  • Workers' Compensation (WC) systems are established in all US states to address occupational safety and health.
  • This study analyzes WC payment data from a major insurance provider spanning 2011-2018.
  • Estimates of WC payments are stratified by claim severity, including medical-only and indemnity claims.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To estimate Workers' Compensation (WC) payments.
  • To analyze the association between injury characteristics and total WC payments.
  • To determine the overall cost burden of workplace injuries.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized data from a large insurance provider (2011-2018).
  • Employed generalized estimating equations for statistical analysis.
  • Analyzed key injury characteristics: nature, source, and body part injured.

Main Results:

  • Out of 151,959 closed claims, 83% were medical-only.
  • Mean WC payment was $1477 (SD: $7221) per claim with a payment.
  • Amputations had the highest mean payment in medical-only claims; ruptures in disability/death claims. Strains represented the highest overall cost burden when frequency was considered.

Conclusions:

  • Workplace interventions should target both average claim costs and injury frequency.
  • Prioritizing interventions based on both cost and frequency can mitigate financial burdens.