Most upper management only sees one thing when it comes to accidents, the bills. Unfortunately there are alot of hidden costs associated with accidents like retraining, investigation time, new equipment, work shut downs, ect...
An easy way to get the attention of management when it comes to how much an accident really costs is to use the accident calculator. This may take some guesstimating on the hidden costs, but when you get them around the table, ask them how much they think each may cost.
The calculator will show them how much profit they need to secure in contracted work to pay for an injury. You can actually use past incidents as a frame of reference.
I think this justifies having a great safety program given the economy of today and the dribbling work.
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