Costs

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Read the paragraph below and use the following words (copy/paste) to fill in the gaps: injuries suffering absence £150m £22m £1.7m
Costs to society of accidents in farming, forestry and horticulture

Pain, Grief and : These are the costs associated with loss of quality of life.
Estimated Cost £158m (2004/5 values)
Medical Costs: The costs incurred by the NHS as a result of workplace Costs £12.5m
Lost Output: This is the economic contribution lost to the economy as a result of
people not working due to injury. Estimated Cost
Damage Costs: The cost of damage from workplace accidents. (Damage costs were
estimated using the cost of insurance based on a total insurable amount of £29,200 per farm covering tools, mobile and fixed equipment) Estimated Cost


Administrative Costs: The administrative costs to employers of dealing with
including calculation and payment of Statutory Sick Pay, collection and
processing of sick notes, extra recruitment costs and possibly extra management
time in rescheduling. Cost
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While these costs can be calculated and estimated, there are many other costs which we cannot put a price on. Disablement affects the lives not only of the person disabled, but all those around too. Death leaves a mrak on the community for many years after. Farming kills families..

Choose 3 of the "Worksmart" cases in the web window below that particularly affect you

Identify the effects of the incident described on:

1) themselves,

2) their family,

3) the farm/holding and

4) the local community


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