The costs of industrial accidents for the organization: Developing methods and tools for evaluation and cost–benefit analysis of investment in safety

Gavious, Arieh; Mizrahi, Shlomo; Shani, Yael; Minchuk, Yizhaq

doi:10.1016/j.jlp.2009.02.008

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“…The seriousness of the injury is measured in different ways either through the type of injury, the sick leave or grade of incapacity. In the last 15 years research on the cost to the victim and to the enterprise has documented that occupational injuries are relatively rather expensive and it seems to be a win-win situation to raise the safety level for both the employees, the employers as well as society (Eurostat, 2004), (Rikhardsson & Impgaards, 2004), (Gavious, et al, 2009). …”

Section: The Consequences -The Victim and The Injurymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…However, the costs of injuries from occupational accidents for EU 15 is still estimated at 55 billion euros (Eurostat, 2004). Other cost calculations tell stories of great costs for both employers, employees and the broader society (Gavious, et al, 2009), (Rikhardsson & Impgaards, 2004), (Labour Organisation in Denmark, 2010), (Eurostat, 2004). If employees, employers, the regulatory authorities or politicians are asked, then all agree that nobody should be injured when they are at work and certainly not be made permanently disabled or get killed.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Prevention of “simple accidents at work” with major consequences

Jørgensen¹

2016

Safety Science

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The concept "simple accidents" is understood as traumatic events with no more than one victim. In the last 10 years many European countries have seen a decline in the number of fatalities, but there still remain many severe accidents at work. In the years 2009-2010 in European countries 2.0-2.4 million occupational accidents a year were notified leading to 4500 fatalities and 90,000 permanent disabilities each yearThe article looks at the concept "accident" to find similarities and distinctions between major and simple accident characteristics. The purpose is to find to what extent the same kinds of prevention or safety methodologies and procedures established for major accidents are applicable to simple accidents.The article goes back to basics about accidents causes, to review the nature of successful prevention techniques and to analyze what have been constraints to getting this knowledge used more broadly. This review identifies gaps in the prevention of simple accidents, relating to safety barriers for risk control and the management processes that need to be in place to deliver those risk controls in a continuingly effective state.The article introduces the "INFO cards" as a tool for the systematic observation of hazard sources in order to ascertain whether safety barriers and management deliveries are present. Safety management and safety culture, together with the knowledge included in the INFO cards are important factors in the prevention process. The conclusion is that we must look at safety as a part of being a professional in all kinds of jobs and occupations as well as at management level.

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Section: The Consequences -The Victim and The Injurymentioning

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Prevention of “simple accidents at work” with major consequences

Jørgensen¹

2016

Safety Science

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“…There are some important reasons as to why prevention investment decision-makers really require more objective and more adequate aids and tools for deciding about major accident prevention. The first reason is optimization, as company management often has difficulties with this decision-making process: Paltrinieri et al [1] and Gavious et al [2] indicate that there is a general lack of knowledge concerning the full range of costs related to (major) accidents, as well as difficulties to determine these costs and benefits. Moreover, there is a widespread believe that major accident costs are often inevitable.…”

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A tool for intelligent budget allocation of prevention measures related to major accidents

Brijs¹,

Reniers²

2013

Safety and Security Engineering V

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A tool (called CESMA) was developed to carry out cost-benefit analyses and cost-effectiveness analyses of prevention investments for avoiding major accidents. A wide variety of parameters necessary to calculate both the costs of the considered preventive measures and the benefits related with the avoidance of accidents were identified in the research. The benefits are determined by estimating the difference in (hypothetical) major accident costs without and with the implementation of a preventive measure. We included as many relevant costs and benefits as possible into the tool, based on literature and expert opinion, in order to be able to deliver an all-embracing cost-benefit analysis and costeffectiveness analysis to assist in the investment decision process. Because major accidents are related to extremely low frequencies, the tool takes the uncertainty of the unwanted occurrence of a major accident into account through the usage of a so-called 'disproportion factor'.

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“…Fall accidents are the highest cause of work-related injuries and fatalities in the U.S. (Gavious et al, 2009;Hu et al, 2011).…”

Section: Falls In the Us Construction Industrymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The direct cost effect of injuries and fatalities in the construction industry may be as much as billions of dollars annually (Hallowell, 2010), whereas the indirect cost impact is estimated to be six times the direct costs (Chen, Fisher, & Krishnamurthy, 1994;Gavious, Mizrahi, Shani, & Minchuk, 2009). Accident prevention and control in the construction industry is a matter of huge concern, as the business exhibits one of the worst safety records among various high-risk sectors including the chemical industry, mining, and transportation (Hallowell, 2010;Sa, Seo & Choi, 2009).…”

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U.S. Construction Worker Fall Accidents: Their Causes And Influential Factors

Siddiqui¹

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The costs of industrial accidents for the organization: Developing methods and tools for evaluation and cost–benefit analysis of investment in safety

Cited by 84 publications

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Prevention of “simple accidents at work” with major consequences

Prevention of “simple accidents at work” with major consequences

A tool for intelligent budget allocation of prevention measures related to major accidents

U.S. Construction Worker Fall Accidents: Their Causes And Influential Factors

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