The social and economic costs of occupational
disease and injury in new zealand
The main objective of the
review is to provide quantitative estimates of the Social and Economic
costs of Occupational Disease and Injury in New Zealand
The review will examine a matrix
of Social and Economic Costs of Occupational Disease and Injury taking
into account:
a). Severity of the disease
or injury
Severity
Category |
Definition
|
Less
than 5 days off work |
A
minor work-related injury or illness, involving less than 5 days
absence from normal duties, where the worker was able to resume
full duties. |
Five
days or more off work and return to work on full duties |
A
minor work-related injury or illness, involving 5 or more days and
less than 6 months off work, where the worker was able to resume
full duties. |
Five
days or more off work and return to work on alternate duties or
reduced income |
A
work-related injury or illness, which results in the worker returning
to work on alternate duties, more than 6 months after first leaving
work and over time resuming normal duties. This category includes
permanent incapacities for which a minimal duration of absence from
work occurred (and therefore the worker was able to return to work
in some capacity). |
Permanently
incapacitated with no return to work |
A
work-related injury or disease, which results in the individual
being permanently unable to return to work. |
Fatality
|
A
work-related injury or disease, which results in death. |
b). Direct costs and Indirect Costs
• ACC Employer levies
• Medical and Rehabilitation
costs (including projected costs for claims)
• Weekly Compensation
• Investigation costs and fines
• Lost productivity
• Loss of current and future
earnings
• Lost of potential output
• Costs of providing additional
assistance to injured persons
c). Estimates of pain and suffering and early
death
Cost estimates will also be presented
by
• Total Costs
• By Industry
• Gender, ethnicity and age
groups
• Severity
• Cause
• Disease and Injury type
Access Economics, Canberra have
been contracted to produce the report. The final report will be released
on the 27th April 2006.
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