@article{ref1,
title="Costs and benefits of preventing workplace accidents: The case of participatory ergonomics",
journal="Safety science",
year="1996",
author="Lanoie, P and Tavenas, S",
volume="24",
number="3",
pages="181-196",
abstract="This paper provides a cost-benefit analysis of a participatory ergonomics program conducted at the beginning of the 1990s to reduce back-related disorders among packers at a warehouse of the Societe des Alcools du Quebec in Quebec City. After evaluating the costs of the program, we present a rigorous econometric analysis to assess how many accidents have been prevented by the program so as to compute the direct and indirect costs avoided as a result of such accident reduction. We show that the program has indeed been profitable for the firm.<p />",
language="en",
issn="0925-7535",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}