A report on the financial and social impact of workplace injuries and the huge cost to employers and the workers comp system. Work injuries and illnesses impose heavy costs on workers, families and the economy. Forty-four years after Congress passed the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, requiring employers to provide workplaces “free from recognized hazards that are causing or likely to cause death or serious physical harm” to their workers, the toll of workplace injuries, illnesses and fatalities in the United States remains unacceptably high. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reports that approximately 4,500 workers are killed on the […]