| Document ID (ISN) | 74973 |
| CIS number |
00-746 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0022-4375 - Journal of Safety Research |
| Year |
1998 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Lanoie P., Trottier L. |
| Title |
Costs and benefits of preventing workplace accidents: Going from a mechanical to a manual handling system |
| Bibliographic information |
Summer 1998, Vol.29, No.2, p.65-75. 17 ref. |
| Abstract |
This paper provides a cost-benefit analysis of the passage from a mechanical to a manual handling system that took place in the early 1990s at the Société des Alcools du Québec warehouse in Montreal. In particular, this change was aimed at reducing workplace accidents among packers. After evaluating the costs of the programme, a rigorous econometric analysis is presented in order to assess how many accidents have been prevented by the change so as to compute the direct and indirect costs avoided as a result of such accident reduction. It is shown that the demechanization of the handling system has indeed been profitable for the firm. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
materials handling; occupational accidents; plant safety and health organization; alcoholic beverage industry; economic aspects |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
Canada; sickness absenteeism; cost of accidents; backache; cost-benefit analysis; manual handling |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Country / State or Province | Canada |
| Subject(s) |
Commerce, services, offices
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| Broad subject area(s) |
Industries and occupations
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Economic aspects
Beverage industry
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