title: A process mapping model for calculating indirect costs of workplace accidents.
abstract: This article follows an earlier one in which four criteria and four bases for the development of an indirect-cost calculation model adapted to the accuracy requirements and time constraints of workplace decision-makers were established. A two-level model for calculating indirect costs using process mapping of the organizational response to a workplace accident is presented. The model is based on data collected in interviews with those employees in charge of occupational health and safety in 10 companies of various sizes in different industry sectors. This model is the first to use process mapping to establish the indirect costs of workplace accidents. The approach allows easy identification of the duration and frequency of actions taken by stakeholders when a workplace accident occurs, facilitates the collection of the information needed to calculate indirect costs and yields a usable, precise result. A simple graphic representation of an organization's accident processes helps the user understand each accident's cost components, allowing the identification and reduction of inefficiencies in the overall process.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  By facilitating data collection and shortening the time needed to assess indirect costs of workplace accidents, this indirect cost calculation tool is better suited for workplace use than those currently available.
authors.affiliation: École Polytechnique de Montréal, Département de Mathématiques et de génie industriel, C.P. 6079, Succ. Centre-ville, Montréal, H3C 3A7, Québec, Canada. romain.jallon@polymtl.ca
authors.forename: Romain
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Jallon
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Imbeau
authors.forename: Nathalie
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: de Marcellis-Warin
mesh_terms: D000062:Accidents, Occupational / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003625:Data Collection; D003657:Decision Making; D004526:Efficiency; D017048:Health Care Costs / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005102:Health Expenditures; D006801:Humans; D018803:Models, Economic; D017146:Models, Organizational; D016272:Occupational Health / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011792:Quebec; D018570:Risk Assessment; D017132:Workplace / Q000706:statistics & numerical data