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random.data.push('The average back injury can cost more than $10,000 in direct costs and anywhere from $30,000 up to $100,000 in indirect costs!');
random.data.push('Data from Liberty Mutual Insurance shows that most business executives believe their companies get a $3 return on each $1 they invest in improving workplace safety.');
random.data.push('Your risk for being killed by lightning in any given year is 1 in 2 million for men and one in 10 million for women.');
random.data.push('The total cost of worker injuries in 2003 was $156.2 billion. That’s more than the GNP of Thailand.');
random.data.push('The annual costs of cardiovascular disease to employers exceed those of any other single category of illness—$127 billion in medical expenses and lost productivity.');
random.data.push('About 29 million workdays a year are lost due to cardiovascular disease-related illness. This translates into $1.5 billion in earnings lost to American business.');
random.data.push('Ten times as many employees die from cardiovascular disease than from industrial accidents.');
random.data.push('Absenteeism rates for smokers are approximately 50 percent higher than for nonsmokers. The number of job-related accidents among smokers is twice that among nonsmokers.');
random.data.push('The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that 459 workers were killed while working in manufacturing jobs in 2004.');
random.data.push('The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that 1,224 workers were killed while working in the construction field in 2004.');
random.data.push('One out of four occupational injuries in 2004 was the result of a motor vehicle crash.');
random.data.push('In 2003, construction workers aged 35 to 44 were the most likely to be involved in a fatal accident, while workers aged 25 to 34 were the most likely to be injured.');
random.data.push('11,860 construction workers sustained head injuries in 2003—that’s an average of 47 head injuries each day!');
random.data.push('According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, many construction workers were killed by coming into contact with “floors or ground surfaces”. In other words, slips, trips, and falls caused 352 fatalities and 32,460 injuries in 2003.');
random.data.push('Somewhere in the nation, during the 5 minutes it takes for you to present a safety meeting, 1 person will be killed by accident and 220 will suffer an accidental disabling injury.');
random.data.push('The number of work days lost due to injury or illness in 2003 was 120,000,000. That’s like 480,000—or the population of Albuquerque, New Mexico—calling in sick for a year.');
random.data.push('In 2003, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that there were 1,880 neck injuries—or 7 workers injured per day.');
random.data.push('In 2003, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that there were 6,440 eye injuries—or—25 workers injured per day.');
random.data.push('In 2003, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that there were 13,330 knee injuries—or—51 workers injured per day.');
random.data.push('In 2003, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that there were 31,560 back injuries—or—121 workers injured per day.');
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