Authors: Susan M. Moore, PhD and Jonisha Pollard, MS
Publisher: Journal of Safety, Health, and Environmental Research (vol. 6, no. 3, Winter 2010)
Summary: A study showing that mining companies can save significantly when they take the steps to reduce workers’ knee injuries.
Authors: Rory F. Knight and Deborah J. Pretty
Publisher: Templeton College, University of Oxford
Summary: Catastrophes provide an opportunity to evaluate how financial markets respond when a major risk becomes a reality.
Title: A Survey of the Safety Roles and Costs of Injuries in the Roofing Contracting Industry (2006)
Publisher: ASSE
Summary: Article reviews the direct and indirect costs resulting from workplace injuries in the roofing industry. Loss of productivity and schedule disruptions were the most expensive indirect costs.
Resource: ASSE Academics Journal
Title: The Costs of Violence/Stress at Work and the Benefits of a Violence/Stress-Free Working Environment (2001)
Publisher: ILO
Summary: This report explores the issues of stress and violence at work with the aim of establishing the costs these problems may present to the individual, the organization and society.
Resource: ILO (pdf)
Title: The Economics of Safety, Health, and Well-Being at Work: An Overview (2000)
Publisher: Peter Dorman
Summary: An overview of how and why safety and health is an integral component of business economics.
Resource: ILO (pdf)
Title: Key Findings from the Workplace Safety Index (1998 – 2001)
Publisher: Liberty Mutual
Summary: Key findings and resources relating to workplace accidents and costs.
Resource: ASSE
Title: Injury Rates as an Indicator of Business Success
Publisher: Industrial Health Vol. 44(2006), pages 166-168
Summary: Study of new small businesses that registered with the Workers’ Compensation Board of British Columbia. A statistical correlation was found between workplace safety and health and the survival of a small business. Businesses that failed within one to two years of start-up had an average injury rate of 9.71 while businesses that survived more than five years had an average injury rate of 3.89 in their first year of business.
Resource: OSHA
Title: Estimating the Costs of Unintentional Injuries (2007)
Publisher: National Safety Council
Summary: This bulletin illustrates how costs can be estimated for a community or state.
Resource: NSC
