Average Workers' Compensation by Cause of Injury, 2020-2021

The graph displays the average workers' compensation costs by cause of injury in the United States for the years 2020-2021. The x-axis represents various injury types—including Motor-vehicle, Burn, Fall-slip, Caught, Struck-by, Strain, Cumulative injuries, Striking-against, Miscellaneous causes, and Cut-punch-scrape—while the y-axis indicates the compensation amounts in dollars, divided into Medical, Indemnity, and Total costs. Total compensation amounts range from a low of $24,525 for Miscellaneous causes to a high of $89,152 for Motor-vehicle injuries. Medical costs vary from $12,058 for Miscellaneous causes to $49,395 for Motor-vehicle injuries, and Indemnity costs range from $10,140 for Cut-punch-scrape injuries to $22,283 for Fall-slip injuries. The data highlights significant differences in compensation amounts depending on the cause of injury, with Motor-vehicle injuries incurring the highest average total costs.

本图表展示了美国2020-2021年度因伤害原因导致的平均工人赔偿成本。x轴展示了多种伤害类型，包括机动车伤害、烧伤、跌倒滑倒、钩挂、撞击、拉伤、累积伤害、碰撞至物体、其他原因以及切割、击打、擦伤等；y轴则表示赔偿金额（单位：美元），分为医疗费用、赔偿金和总成本。总赔偿金额范围从低位的24,525美元（其他原因）到高位的89,152美元（机动车伤害）不等。医疗费用从12,058美元（其他原因）至49,395美元（机动车伤害）不等，而赔偿金则从10,140美元（切割、击打、擦伤）至22,283美元（跌倒滑倒）不等。数据显示，根据伤害原因的不同，赔偿金额存在显著差异，其中机动车伤害的平均总成本最高。