Health And Safety At Work in Relation With Productivity (HESAPRO)

According to International Labor Organization (ILO), occupational health and safety is a discipline with a broad scope involving many specialized fields and encompasses the social, mental and physical well-being of workers that is the “whole person”.
Successful occupational health and safety practice requires the collaboration and participation of both employers and workers. Work-related accidents or diseases are very costly and can have many serious direct and indirect effects on the lives of workers and their families. For workers some of the direct costs of an injury or illness are

• the pain and suffering of the injury or illness,
• the loss of income,
• the possible loss of a job,
• health-care costs.

The costs to employers of occupational accidents or illnesses are also estimated to be enormous. For a small business, the cost of even one accident can be a financial disaster. For employers, some of the direct costs are:

• payment for work not performed,
• medical and compensation payments,
• repair or replacement of damaged machinery and equipment,
• reduction or a temporary halt in production,
• increased training expenses and administration costs,
• possible reduction in the quality of work,
• negative effect on morale in other workers,
• reduced productivity.