Costs of occupational accidents in forestry

Klen, Tapio

doi:10.1016/0022-4375(89)90005-4

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“…This relationship varies from author to author, depending on several factors such as the research method, sector under analysis, national insurance systems, and even the own definition of direct and indirect costs. Although some researchers pointed out this weakness in the past (Klen, 1989;Soderqviest et al, 1990), most of the current studies still concur with this path.…”

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“…Further enhancement of this method was thoroughly explained in Levitt and Samelson (1993). Many of the later methodological proposals for calculating occupational accidents costs were based on these studies with minor adjustments, not only for the construction industry, but also for other sectors such as forestry (Klen, 1989) or furniture (Soderqviest et al, 1990). Leopold and Leonard (1987) analyzed accident costs from the point of view of the employer, also setting apart direct and indirect costs.…”

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A method to estimate occupational health and safety costs in construction projects

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This paper presents the results of a research project carried out in Spain that aims to develop a method that let employers to assess, during the design phase, the occupational health and safety costs of a specific construction project. This method classifies costs in four categories: insurance costs, prevention costs, accident costs, and recovery of costs. Labor accident data were obtained from 1990 to 2007 for the entire Spanish construction industry, and these data were subsequently homogenized and exploited. A mathematical model was created for computing each cost category. This method allows employers and project managers to estimate aprioristically the cost incurred as a result of occupational health and safety during the project, based on tangible values such as the construction project budget or the work schedule, as well as statistical data. An application to this method in a case study illustrated that the occupational health and safety costs for that construction project came to approximately 5% of the total cost of the budget.

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A method to estimate occupational health and safety costs in construction projects

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“…Many of these indirect costs are difficult to estimate and can vary widely depending on the severity of the injury involved. The ratio of indirect costs to direct costs has also been found by a number of studies to vary between 5:1 to 1:5, depending on industry (Heinrich, 1931(Heinrich, , 1959Levitt et al, 1981;Andreoni, 1986;Leopold and Leonard, 1987;Klen, 1989;Hinze and Applegate, 1991;Oxenburgh, 1991Oxenburgh, , 1993. As a conservative estimate, the state of Washington recently decided upon indirect costs of 75 percent of direct workers' compensation incurred costs (WAC 296-62-051, 2000).…”

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Interim survey report: recommendations for ergonomics interventions for ship recycling and repair processes at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Washington.

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“…He defined the ratio between direct (indemnities) and indirect costs as 1:4. The value of this ratio has later ranged from less than 1 up to 6 in various studies (see Klen, 1989). Therefore, the use of a fixed ratio between direct and indirect costs is problematic, and managers do not accept this kind of universal ratio.…”

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“…Accident costs have been an object of research for many years (e.g., Andreoni, 1986;Grimaldi and Simonds, 1975;Heinrich, 1930;Heinrich, Peterson, and Roos, 1980;Klen, 1989;Laufer, 1987). Data on accident costs are important in safety management because safety remedies can be priorized (Grimaldi and Simonds, 1975) and cost-benefit analyses (Rinefort, 1977) can be done with their help.…”

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