Workers’compensation data are an important source for evaluating costs associated with work-related injuries. In 2009, the National Academy of Social Insurance (NASI) estimated that workers’ compensation programs paid $58.3 billion in worker benefits across all industries, despite decreased coverage and costs due to the economic downturn.2 In 2010, construction workers received more workers’ compensation benefits than workers in all industries nationwide.3 Furthermore, 4.4% of employer compensation costs in construction were spent on workers’compensation alone, nearly three times the average cost for employers in all industries (chart 53a).