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Report * USA - Trucking Industry Has High Rate of Workplace Injuries, Costs
Washington’s trucking industry experiences $265 million in claims each year for musculoskeletal disorders
WASH,USA -Occupational Hazards (Cleveland,OH), by Sandy Smith -August 29, 2008: -- Truck drivers experience some of the highest rates of workplace injuries in Washington state, according to a new report from the Department of Labor & Industries (L&I).The report, Preventing Injuries in the Trucking Industry Focus Report, includes information to help employers reduce common workplace hazards... The report covers the years 1997-2005 and concludes that Washington’s trucking industry experiences $265 million in claims each year for musculoskeletal disorders, the general term for injuries to muscles, tendons and joints. Vehicle-collision injuries also are expensive for the trucking industry, averaging $46,500 per claim, though the injuries occur far less frequently than musculoskeletal disorders...
Highlights from the report include:
* The trucking industry accounts for 10 percent of Washington state’s work-related fatalities. There were 63 fatalities among trucking industry employees between 1998 and 2005.
* Among Washington’s truck drivers, 1 in 13 is seriously injured on the job each year, resulting in a workers’ compensation claim for lost work time, as well as medical costs.
* From 1997 to 2005, there were more than 21,000 claims for lost work time and almost 38,000 medical-only claims in Washington’s trucking industry.
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