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What sector does your organisation operate in:

• Please choose the sector you believe best describes the one you operate in.

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In what manufacturing sector do you operate:

• Since you have said you are a manufacturing company, we need some further information of the type of products you make. Please choose the subsector that best describes the one you operate in.

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Do you want the calculation to be based on your organisation's size or geographically location:

• For manufacturing companies, we have accident data held for both company size and its location in Great Britain. You can choose which of these two options to use by clicking on the ‘radio button’.

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How do you wish this calculation to be geographically based (GB is the default):

• Accident data is held for England, Scotland, Wales and Great Britain. You can choose which you wish to use. The default value is ‘Great Britain’.

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Method 1:

this is simply 10 times the amount you pay in your insurance premiums. This figure was derived from total loss studies undertaken by HSE.

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Method 2:

this is based on the number of employees you have multiplied by the average cost per employee for accidents.

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Method 3:

this is based on the number of different types of accidents you have, multiplied by the average costs of these different types of accidents.

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Your information:

• We need your individual details so we can personalise the report that you can print out.

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Organisation information:

• We need this information so we can carry out the cost calculations for your organisation.
• The number of employees in your organisation is needed to allow two different cost estimations, based on the organisation's size, to be made.
• It is also needed to work out the total costs of accidents to your organisation.

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Annual premium your organisation pays for accident insurance:

• We need this information to run two of the calculations.
• You should include all insurance which covers:
     - injury, ill health and damage

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Annual turnover (optional):

• To judge whether costs are significant, it is useful to compare them to your annual turnover. Giving your annual turnover allows the calculator to show you the calculated costs as a percentage of your turnover.

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Gross profit margin (optional):

• To judge whether costs are significant, it is often useful to work out the revenue you need to generate to cover them. Entering your gross profit margin allows the calculator to determine the sales you need to make to cover these costs.

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Accidents Information:

• We need to identify the correct version of the third cost calculator method for you. Depending on your answers to the three displayed questions, you will be taken to the most appropriate version after clicking on the ‘calculate’ button.

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Number of accidents where someone is off work:

• These are accidents where someone is injured and does not return to work the same day.

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Number of accidents where someone is not off work:

• These are accidents where somebody is injured but:
     - carries on work; or
     - returns to work having received first
       aid treatment; or
     - returns to work the same day after
       visiting hospital for treatment
  

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Number of accidents that are damage only incidents:

• These are accidents which cause damage to:
     - property, or
     - plant and equipment or
     - your product
  

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More organisation information:

• To estimate the accident costs in your organisation you need to provide some further details. These will help identify which reference values should be used in the calculation. Please choose your answers from the displayed picklists.