Building Safety Education Into The Engineering Curriculum

Workplace injury and the associated costs significantly erode employer profit margins. An estimated seven percent of profits are spent, directly or indirectly, as a result of a workplace injury. An effective illustration is that of an iceberg. The tip of the iceberg (the smallest yet most visible part) represents the actual cost of the injury, such as medical care, transport, rehabilitation, and other direct costs. The bottom of the iceberg (the largest and not visible part) portrays lost production, worker replacement, and morale problems, to name a few.