Average Cost of Workplace Accident in Construction Industry - Case Study

• Type: Article in International Conference Proceedings Book
• Date: 2013

Authors

de Oliveira, PA (Author) Other; João Santos Baptista (Author) FEUP

Conference proceedings International

Title: Occupational Safety and Hygiene - SHO 2013

Pages: 381-383

SHO 2013 International Symposium on Occupational Safety and Hygiene

Guimarães, 14 e 15 de Fevereiro

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Authenticus ID: P-009-RE3

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.

Language: Portuguese

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 3