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Social & Financial benefits

Controlling occupational risks is important for the staff, the company and society as a whole. Workplace accidents and occupational diseases have a cost, and preventing them is an investment.

Economic issues


In 2004, industrial accidents and occupational diseases led to:

  • the payment of €6,719 million to victims,
  • the loss of about 48 million days of work (equivalent to closing a company with over 130,000 employees for a year).

For the company, many other costs thought of as "indirect" should be added to these costs, such as:

  • time spent taking care of the victim,
  • time spent on formalities,
  • disruption to staff, with lower productivity and quality,
  • broken equipment,
  • longer production times or production stoppages,
  • damage to the company's image.
 
Our approach leads to changes that make the company safer, but also more effective and competitive.

Social issues


The field of health and safety at work is a privileged area in labour relations. For a company, establishing a risk management policy is an opportunity to strengthen and renew dialogue with its staff:

  • By bringing employees together in a common project, staff being both actors and beneficiaries of the policy,
  • By recognising the major role played by each individual in the project, and improving working conditions for staff.

  • Last updated on: Thursday 21 October 2010