Abstract
The paper presents analysis of selected factors that generate the costs of accidents at work using the Polish construction industry as an example. The individual components of the cost of accidents have been identified. Using the statistical data published by the Central Statistical Office, the impact on the size of the cost of accidents at work of such factors as the lost time of an injured person, the lost time of other people involved in the removal of accident effects and also material losses caused by an accident, was analysed. On the basis of the conducted analysis, conclusions regarding economic losses due to accidents were formulated.
Highlights
The implementation of construction works is an activity that is burdened with a high level of risk of adverse events such as construction catastrophes, accidents at work or events that can potentially cause accidents
The phenomenon of absence from work caused by accidents is described by the severity rate of accidents, which indicates the average number of workdays lost due to sickness per one person injured in heavy and light accidents [10]
Measurable economic losses are related to accidents at work, as well as human losses in the form of injuries of varying severity
Summary
The implementation of construction works is an activity that is burdened with a high level of risk of adverse events such as construction catastrophes, accidents at work or events that can potentially cause accidents. The construction industry is one of the most dangerous sections of the economy in most countries of the world This is evidenced by published statistical data and reports of organizations and agencies dealing with security issues in the world such as, among others, the National Safety Council (NSC), the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), the Central Statistical Office of the European Union (EUROSTAT) and the Central Statistical Office (GUS) in Poland. The conducted analysis is of an estimated nature because a significant part of the costs related to an accident is difficult to calculate and not recorded
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