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Costing accidents and ill health

HSE economists provide estimates of the costs to individuals, employers and society of workplace accidents and work-related ill health. The latest interim update of this information can be accessed from:

EAU Appraisal Values 2008

This document presents the latest update of the HSE's economic appraisal values. The appraisal values can be used to value the benefits of proposed measures which aim to improve occupational health and safety, and to compare such benefits with the cost of government intervention.