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May 18, 2012

Study: Inspections reduce injuries, not profits

  • A decade-long study in California found inspected firms saved an average of about $355,000 in injury claims and compensation over four years.
    • By SAM HANANEL
    Associated Press

    WASHINGTON — While businesses bemoan the cost of regulations, a new study suggests that government enforcement of workplace health and safety rules can save lives without sapping a company's bottom line.

    The findings come from a decade-long look at hundreds of California work sites subject to random safety inspections. Researchers found that 9.4 percent of those companies reduced their injury claims with no discernible impact on profits.


     
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