Inventory of socioeconomic costs of work accidents
report
The European Commission has prioritised the need to develop knowledge of the economic and social costs arising from occupational accidents and illnesses in their communication about a new Community strategy on safety and health at work for 2002-06. This report from the Agency aims to contribute to this knowledge. It includes an inventory of socioeconomic costs of work accidents. It also provides an insight into what economic assessments are and how they are made and includes practical guidance on carrying out estimations of accident costs and the benefits of preventive activities. The following subjects are discussed and explained: overview of economic consequences of accidents; the effect of time; the causal relationship between the working conditions and accidents and between prevention and its effects; the way health, well-being and human life can be expressed in terms of money. A five-step approach can help to plan for an adequate economic evaluation in which the goals of the assessments, the interests of stakeholders, the availability of data and the resources to be put into the evaluation itself can be balanced.
Topics
TNO Identifier
274401
ISBN
92-95007-67-0
Publisher
European Agency for Safety and Health at Work
Collation
47 p.
Place of publication
Bilbao