An example of an accident: A badly secured metal beam fell from a travelling crane while being hoisted and hit a leg
of a worker. An ambulance took him to hospital. The worker sustained a bone fracture and spent two months on a
sick leave.
All in all, the injured worker w as absent from work for 310 hours including 4 hours on the day of the accident. The
worker's pay was 100 roubles per h our.
The amount of work to be done during the worker's incapacity for work was partially compensated for by another
hired worker. It cost 1280 roubles to provide him with personal protective equipment and instruct him on the duties
and safety. Besides, an overtime of 40 hours was organized. The additional works cost 50 roubles per hour.
An OSH engineer (paid 6O roubles per hour) spent 4 hours looking into the accident. It took 2 auxiliary workers
(paid 50 roubles per ho ur each) 12 hours to clean up the site of the accident.
The metal beam costing 8 thousand roubles was damaged beyond repair. Also, it broke a welding unit worth 50
thousand roubles.
The accident made 6 workers stop their activities for an hour (four of them are paid 100 roubles per hour, the two
others - 120 roubles per hour]. Following the investigation, an off-schedule one-hour instruction was given to them.
The enterprise 's actual accident-related costs were estimated at about 80 thousand roubles.
Firstly (and this is the key thing!), your worker lost his health, and sometimes life can be lost that cannot
be compensated for!
Secondly, the equipment, tools, raw materials and the end product of the enterprise were damaged.
Thirdly, other workers were distracted from work in the course of investigation into the accident.
Fourthly, the products were not manufactured, services were not rendered - your enterprise lost profits.
And do not forget - the accident may bring your company into disrepute.
And finally, the enterprise may be fined, an increased insurance premium of the Social Insurance Fund
may be imposed, i.e. you may face substantial money losses.