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industrial accidentAn accident is essentially an unplanned event that causes injury or distress to humans, animals or the environment.

In Ireland alone, the cost of industrial accidents is estimated at between 300-400 million Euro per year.

industrial accidentAdd to this civil claims against local authorities and insurance companies, we can safely estimate that such total costs are in the region of in excess 1 billion Euro.

If we now look at where this money goes we can spread the costs between: -

* Last time at work
* Overtime
* Reduced Input
* Solicitors
* Barristers
* Expert Witnesses
* Witnesses
* Administration

industrial accidentEach of the areas cost are real and necessary, however, how can the defendant in claims negligence defer or indeed by-pass costs? The answer is good safety management by a dedicated person with full authority by senior management for cultural change in relation to safety ownership and responsibility.

JGMA can assist companies to implement this cultural change in short but worthwhile in-house training.

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