| Document ID (ISN) | 69686 |
| CIS number |
97-1712 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0925-7535 - Safety Science |
| Year |
1996 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Lanoie P., Tavenas S. |
| Title |
Costs and benefits of preventing workplace accidents: The case of participatory ergonomics |
| Bibliographic information |
Dec. 1996, Vol.24, No.3, p.181-196. 17 ref. |
| Abstract |
This paper provides a cost-benefit analysis of a participatory ergonomics programme conducted at the beginning of the 1990s to reduce back-related disorders among packers at a warehouse of the Société des alcools du Québec in Quebec City, Canada. After evaluation of the costs of the programme, econometric analysis was applied to assess how many accidents had been prevented by the programme, and the direct and indirect costs avoided as a result of such accident reduction were computed. The programme was indeed profitable for the firm. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
Canada; cost-benefit analysis; safety programmes; back disorders |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
Quebec; manual handling; warehouses |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Country / State or Province | Canada |
| Subject(s) |
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| Broad subject area(s) |
Physiology, ergonomics
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| Browse category(ies) |
Safety programmes
Economic aspects
Diseases of the musculoskeletal system
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