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1.3
Years of Potential Life Lost (YPLL)
useful metric for measuring the incidence of industrial fatalities
an indication of premature mortality
For stats about YPLL check (US National Safety Council 2015)
US National Safety Council. 2015. Injury Facts. 2015 Edition. Itasca, IL, USA.
Calculated in years
The average loss of life expectancy = (YPPL / Population) * 365
It is essential to compare like with like
Placing Professional Mortality in Context
The economic burden of poor occupational safety and health is estimated at 3.94% of the global GDP (ILO, 2019)
According to ILO, globally, there were 2.3 million deaths from occupational accidents and disease each year. Is 2.3 million deaths each year around the world
Ways to quantify:
Annual Number of fatalities / per 100,000 workers
Annual number of fatal or non-fatal accidents / per 100,000 workers hours
Industrial accidents in developing countries are due to:
Unstable facilities
Insufficient, or absent safety training
Ageing, or poor equipment
Lack of suitable safety laws
Lack of safety investment
Weak enforcement
Legal Imperatives and Ethical Dimensions of H&S
Legal Imperatives
Employers must protect worker otherwise, a Criminal lawsuit through H&S executive (HSE) could be established
A civil lawsuit through the affected person
Ethical Dimension
Product Safety
The thalidomide tragedy (Fintel et al., 2009)
https://alt-6100e9398f586.blackboard.com/bbcswebdav/institution/Inter-faculty/ODLC/engineering/OENG5205M%20Safety%20and%20CSR/Unit%201/Lesson%202%20%281.3%29/index.html?one_hash=43F54DE4530377035FC90D20AC1C0580&f_hash=4BA8AAA278B43D379C31BFF3F423201B#/page/601d92934655065f2eabfc11
The S.T.E.P.S program recommended measures
Product labeling of the associated risks
Medication pre-ascription control
The Ford pinto scandal (Bazerman, 2011)
Article in unit 1 folder
Product safety is achieved by testing
Financial Benefits of S&H (Return on Investment RoI)
The RoI in safety can be very large. For example, in the US for every $1 invested in safety, the return ranges from $2 to $6
(
US National Safety Council, 2014).
Ways which S&H approaches positively impact on investment and productivity:
Avoiding litigation
Avoiding costs of replacement labour
Reduce insurance premiums and uninsured costs
Eliminating lost productivity and reduced quality
Eliminate damage and production delays
Avoiding reputational and customer relationship damage