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"Prevention Pays" Report

Posted on Aug 31, 2011
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A fence at the top of the hill, not an ambulance at the bottom: “Prevention Pays: Solutions to Help Workers and Businesses Thrive”

Preventing workplace deaths, injuries, illnesses, and diseases protects workers, first and foremost. But ensuring the health and safety may also be in the best interest of employers.

Worksafe’s just-released report, “Prevention Pays: Solutions to Help Workers and Businesses Thrive,” tallies the costs – human, financial, and social – of failures to protect workers’ health and safety on the job. We profile innovative solutions from different sectors. And we offer a range of common-sense recommendations to keep California’s workers healthy and safe, help employers succeed, and support the communities depending on both of them.

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