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<P align=center><FONT face="Times New Roman" size="5"><B><I>The Cost of Human Errors</I></B></FONT></P></FONT></B>
<FONT size=4><I><P>Impact of U.S. injury-related workplace accidents, 1999</P>
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<LI>Costs to industry</LI></UL>
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<P>- Wage and productivity losses $64 billion </P>
<P>- Medical costs
$20 billion </P>
<P>-
Administrative
$34 billion </P></DIR></DIR>
<UL> <U>- Fire
& motor vehicle damage $ 4 billion</U></UL>
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Total
<B>$123 billion</B></P></DIR>
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<LI>Average costs</LI></UL>
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<P>- Per
death
$940,000 </P>
<P>- Per disabling
injury
$28,000</P></DIR></DIR>
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<LI>Time
lost
125 million days </LI></UL>
<FONT size=2>(National Safety Council,
2000)</FONT>
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<LI>In addition, non-injury accidents generate further costs
<LI>Beyond accidents, impaired employees reduce productivity and quality</LI></UL>
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<LI>Human error, not equipment or system failure, underlies 80% of all
industrial accidents and injuries. <FONT size=2> (Circadian
Technologies, 2001)</FONT> </LI></UL>
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