Making the Business Case for Ergonomics...Making the Business Case for Ergonomics Rick Goggins, CPE...
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Making the Business Case
for Ergonomics
Rick Goggins, CPEWashington State Department of Labor and Industries
Puget Sound
HFES
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Overview
� Concepts in cost-benefit analysis.
� Review of the business case for ergonomics.
� Resources to learn more.
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Concepts
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Ergonomics
Really expensive!Good investment!
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Costs Benefits
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Payback Period
� Time required for accrued benefits to equal cost of initial investment
Cost of improvements
Value ofbenefits
3 mos. 6 mos. 9 mos.
Payback
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Payback Period
� $60 more for LED bulbs
� Saves $2 per month on electric bill
� What’s your payback period?
Cost of bulbs = $60
Savings @ $2/mo.
15 mos. 30 mos. 45 mos.
Payback
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Business Case
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Reviews of effectiveness
Department of Labor and Industries [DLI] (2000). Cost-benefit analysis of the ergonomics standard. Olympia, WA: Author.
� Economists and ergonomists reviewed 63 published reports of effectiveness of ergonomics interventions
� Most studies were peer reviewed
50%
WMSDs
64%
Costs
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Reviews of effectiveness
Goggins, R., Spielholz, P. & Nothstein, G. (2008). Estimating the effectiveness of ergonomics interventions through case studies: implications for predictive cost-benefit analysis. Journal of Safety Research 39. 339–344.
� Review of 250 case studies, mostly anecdotal
� Most savings from reducing injuries,
increasing productivity
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Results from the case studies
MetricNumber of
examplesMean Median Range
WMSDs 90 59% ↓ 56% ↓ 8%-100%
Lost workdays
78 75% ↓ 80% ↓ 3%-100%
Workers’ comp costs
52 68% ↓ 70% ↓ 15%-100%
Productivity 61 25% ↑ 20% ↑ -0.2%-80%
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Results from the case studies
� Average payback periods:
� Comprehensive programs - 2½ months
� Office ergonomics programs – 5 months
� Individual solutions – 5 months
� Most payback periods less than 1 year
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Review of cost-effectiveness
� Tompa, E., Dolinschi, R., de Oliveira, C., Irvin, E. A. (2007). Systematic Review of OHS Interventions with Economic Evaluations. Toronto: Institute for Work & Health.
� Insufficient evidence for cost-effectiveness of ergonomics in most industry sectors
� Moderate evidence of cost-effectiveness –Offices (8 studies), Healthcare (11 studies), Transportation (3 studies)
� Strong evidence of cost effectiveness -Manufacturing and Warehousing (9 studies)
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Review of cost-effectiveness
� Verbeek, J., Pulliainen, M. & Kankaanpää, E. (2009). A systematic review of occupational safety and health business cases. Scand J Work Environ Health;35(6):403–412.
� 26 reported cases, 19 related to ergonomics
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Verbeek, et al. (2009), findings
� Median net value of benefits in first year = €214 per worker
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Stock market performance
� Fabius, R., Thayer, R. D., Konicki, D. L., Yarborough, C. M., Peterson, K. W., Isaac, F., Loeppke, R. R., Eisenberg, B. S., and Dreger, M. (2013). The link between workforce health and safety and the health of the bottom line. J Occ Env Med, 55 (9), 993-1000.
� Stock portfolio of Corporate Health Achievement Award (CHAA) winners compared to market index.
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Fabius, et al. (2013), results
American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine – acoem.org
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Resources
� Increasing Productivity and Profit through Health and Safety, Oxenburgh et al., 2004.
� Good Ergonomics is Good Economics, Hal Hendrick, 1996: hfes.org
� Washington State CBA model: www.pshfes.org
� Health & Safety Smart Planner -http://www.iwh.on.ca/smart-planner
� Visualize ROI - https://www.visualize-roi.com
� WorkSafe BC Small Business Safety Calculator -http://www.healthandsafetycentre.org/sc/calculator/default.htm