The Business Case for OH&S

Safe Business is Smart Business : A Guide for Employers
Publication (42 pages) prepared by Saskatchewan Ministry of Advanced Education, Employment and Labour

Safety calculator: What does an accident really cost?
Web e-Tool with examples of accident costs for the Construction, Hospitality, Retail, Sawmills and Trucking industry. Also provides a time estimate for recovery of accident costs in terms of gross sales or number of working days. An online calculator allows users to calculate accident costs based on their own company situation, including revenue per day and profit margins. Videos and resources are identified. Calculator prepared by WCB of BC

Tourism and Hospitality Safety Calculator: What does an accident really cost?
Web e-tools showing accident costs for five typical hazards: back injury, burn, cut, slip and fall, violence. Also provides a time estimate for recovery of accident costs in terms of gross sales or number of working days. An online calculator allows users to calculate accident costs based on their own company situation, including revenue per day and profit margins. Videos and resources are identified. Calculator prepared by WCB of BC

Business Results through Health & Safety
Article (1 page) describing the economic benefit of investing in health and safety and how this investment can produce substantial returns in profits and productivity. The entire publication ( 128 pages) can be requested electronically or in print format from the Ontario WSIB. Three forms are listed here which are helpful for businesses in improving their H&S systems:

Costing an Individual Incident / Injury Form

Assessing the Status of Current H&S Management

Your Business Case for Health and Safety

Publication prepared by Ontario WSIB and Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters

Canadian Statistics: CanOSH References on the Web
List of website links (~5 pages) prepared by CCOHS

NAOSH 2000 Work Safely for a Healthy Future:
Statistical Analysis of Occupational Injuries and Fatalities in Canada
Publication ( 48 pages) prepared by HRSDC

What You Don't Know Can Hurt You  
Publication (~6 pages) prepared by Alberta WCB

Articles prepared by NAOSH

OSH Statistics: Billions in Losses and Many Lives Ruined
OSH and Productivity: Inseparable or Mutually Exclusive?
Top Management Leadership: Employees are Lucky When Their Boss Leads the Way

Inventory of Socioeconomic Costs of Work Accidents 
Fact sheet ( 2 pages) prepared by European OSHA