Average Cost of Workplace Accident in Construction Industry - Case Study

• Tipo: Artigo em Revista Científica Internacional
• Data: 2013

Autores

Paulo Oliveira (Autor) FEUP; João Santos Baptista (Autor) FEUP

Revista

Título: Occupational Safety and Hygiene

Vol. 1 Nº 1

Páginas: 285-286

ISSN: 2182-8482

Editora: Sociedade Portuguesa de Segurança e Higiene Ocupacionais

Classificação Científica

FOS: Ciências da engenharia e tecnologias > Outras ciências da engenharia e tecnologias

CORDIS: Ciências Tecnológicas > Tecnologia > Tecnologia da segurança

Outras Informações

Abstract (EN): Construction workers are exposed to a set of risks due the specific characteristics of this industry. The accidents costs and their impact are dependent from the work conditions and the characteristics of the accidents. For companies that find themselves in economic difficulty, the occurrence of an work accident of significant magnitude and severity can increase the likelihood of insolvency, leading to its closure. By this, it was intended to study the problem with collected data of the direct and indirect costs, in the period between 2002 and 2005, related with a sample of 115 non-fatal work accidents in a sector company with an annual average of 426 workers. In this study were applied the Total Cost of Accidents at Work method (CTSL). The average cost of an accident at work was calculated for the period between 2002 and 2011.

Idioma: Português

Tipo (Avaliação Docente): Científica