title: Economic impact of injuries associated with electrical events.
abstract: The employees injured as a result of an electrical event are younger and less experienced than a peer control group selected at random. The average cost of injuries associated with electrical events to industry is $49,823 plus the costs of unaccounted for expense factors.
authors.affiliation: Medical Department, New England Power Service, Westborough, Massachusetts 01581.
authors.forename: C E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Lutton
mesh_terms: D000062:Accidents, Occupational / Q000191:economics* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D004556:Electric Injuries / Q000191:economics* / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology