Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
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- Each year, about
1.7 million Americans sustain a brain injury. Many of the injuries are preventable.Centers for Disease Control
- TBI costs an estimated $60 billion in direct and indirect medical expenses annually.
Centers for Disease Control
- Brain injuries result in nearly 1.4 million emergency room visits and 300,000 hospitalizations each year.
Centers for Disease Control
- About 10 percent
to 20 percent of soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan have TBI.U.S. Army
Invisible Injury, Big Impact on the Workplace
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) occurs every 23 seconds in this country. TBI can affect a person’s ability to think, feel, touch, speak, see and remember. Even people with mild TBI have trouble concentrating and staying on task when recovering from their injury. The return-to-work rates for people with TBI range from 20 percent to 70 percent, and many remain on disability for years.
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provides information and tools to help you manage the impact of TBI on the workplace. Here you’ll find tools to help launch safety initiatives that can help prevent brain injury and best-practice resources that can help you improve the productivity of employees living with TBI.
Employer toolkit
