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:

• Interim update of the "Costs to Britain of Workplace Accidents and Work-Related Ill Health" [205KB]
• Latest HSE estimate of the costs to employers of workplace injuries and work-related ill health [128KB]

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.

• EAU Appraisal values 2008
• EAU Appraisal values 2008 - Presentation [45KB]
  Please note that a revision to the initial estimates for the costs of an average case of ill health (published in August 2008) has been made in November 2008.  The estimates published for the average case of ill health now reflect the most up to date information available.