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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Jul 30.
Published in final edited form as: Accid Anal Prev. 2007 Apr 20;39(6):1258–1266. doi: 10.1016/j.aap.2007.03.012

Table 2.

Mean Costs per Construction Industry Case of Nonfatal Occupational Injury with Days Away from Work

Wage loss
2002 N Total cost/DFW Total Short-term Household loss Medical cost Pain/suff. cost

Age Group
 <= 24 years 24792 $38,378 $22,764 $2,660 $3,056 $2,903 $7,813
 25–34 yrs. 49,727 $43,182 $23,071 $5,377 $3,796 $3,216 $11,386
 35–44 yrs. 49,387 $43,003 $21,465 $7,436 $4,227 $3,585 $12,187
 45–54 yrs. 26,615 $43,286 $19,288 $8,673 $4,022 $4,342 $14,302
 55–64 yrs. 10,448 $39,518 $14,080 $9,109 $3,374 $5,494 $15,554
 >= 65 1,402 $34,575 $10,507 $8,333 $3,162 $5,831 $14,302
Sex
 Male 159,621 $42,149 $21,836 $6,066 $3,711 $3,519 $11,464
 Female 4,020 $39,308 $12,307 $4,132 $7,425 $3,352 $15,266
Race
 White, non-hispanic 98,674 $41,952 $21,410 $6,141 $3,710 $3,595 $11,652
 Black, non-hispanic 7,070 $46,320 $24,294 $5,747 $4,584 $3,968 $11,675
 Hispanic and other 28,365 $46,952 $25,567 $6,325 $4,527 $3,113 $11,805
 Missing 29,532 $37,602 $18,926 $5,366 $3,294 $3,258 $10,740
Tenure in Current Job
 <= 11 months 69,956 $42,994 $22,578 $5,926 $3,935 $3,423 $11,373
 1 to 5 years 59,165 $39,905 $21,202 $5,772 $3,649 $3,141 $10,321
 greater than 5 years 33,314 $43,270 $20,287 $6,686 $3,636 $4,288 $13,598
 missing 1,206 $37,632 $19,207 $5,663 $3,366 $3,118 $10,539