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Show How Much Accidents Cost. The actual number of workmen killed and Injured annually In the United Unit-ed States is not known definitely. The best authorities, however, have estimated esti-mated fatalities to the number of 40,-000. 40,-000. to 45.000 annually, and non-fatal accidents producing an annual lots ot 200,000.000 working days. Estimating the value to society of each man killed at $3.00u, and $2 as an average daily wage of the non-fatally injured, the economic annual lo.s sustained by the nation amounts to approximately JneO,-OCo.OuO. JneO,-OCo.OuO. This is the amount which, in some way or other, must be charged to the production cost in the various industries where the accidents occurred. |