Citation

Klen T. J. Occup. Accid. 1989; 11(2): 131-147.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1989, Elsevier Publishing)

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Abstract

Klen, T., 1989. Factors affecting accident costs to employers, employees and public administration in forestry. Journal of Occupational Accidents, 11: 131-147.An exploratory study was carried out to clarify the direct and indirect effects of some major factors affecting the costs of curable accident injuries. Variables affecting the costs were screened for final path models by factor analyses in two phases. A questionnaire was sent to 473 accident victims (80% responded) and their foremen (96% responded) at two big timber harvesting companies. The severity of the injury indirectly affected the indirect costs to the employer: first, via loss of input by workers other than the injured worker; and, second, via disturbances in the procedure of harvesting timber and delay because of snowing-in of timber.In addition to the direct effect, the severity also had an indirect effect on the total economic losses via loss of farming time, via work ability when returning to work, via days in hospital, and via disturbances in the timber-harvesting chain. Daily wages had a direct, independent effect. The explanatory grades of path models varied from 50% to 70%.