The loss control approach to industrial safety

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dc.contributor.authorWill, Marvin Leeen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2015-03-13T14:08:44Z
dc.date.available2015-03-13T14:08:44Z
dc.date.issued1979en_ZA
dc.descriptionBibliography: p. 175-191.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractBecause industrial accident rates in many industrialized countries are apparently worsening, efforts are being made to devise new accident prevention techniques. One recent development is Loss Control, which involves a new management approach in which safety is incorporated in an integrated cost reduction programme to reduce all types of non-speculative risks incurred by the business. Shifting the appeal away from the traditional goal of preventing injuries, Loss Control attempts to lower accident rates through improved measures to raise productivity, and thus protect the safety of employees indirectly, by making the business more efficient. Since Loss Control emerged in the United States and Canada during the 1960's, it has been adopted by many firms in various countries throughout the world. Books and articles on the theory of Loss Control have challenged previous assumptions about the best ways to manage industrial safety, but unfortunately, no one has analyzed very carefully the advantages of the new approach over traditional methods, or published any detailed descriptions of specific firms to show how Loss Control has been implemented and what outcome it has actually had. The main objective here is to correct this deficiency, and evaluate Loss Control in both theory and practice.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationWill, M. L. (1979). <i>The loss control approach to industrial safety</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Engineering & the Built Environment ,Department of Mechanical Engineering. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12603en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationWill, Marvin Lee. <i>"The loss control approach to industrial safety."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Engineering & the Built Environment ,Department of Mechanical Engineering, 1979. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12603en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationWill, M. 1979. The loss control approach to industrial safety. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Will, Marvin Lee AB - Because industrial accident rates in many industrialized countries are apparently worsening, efforts are being made to devise new accident prevention techniques. One recent development is Loss Control, which involves a new management approach in which safety is incorporated in an integrated cost reduction programme to reduce all types of non-speculative risks incurred by the business. Shifting the appeal away from the traditional goal of preventing injuries, Loss Control attempts to lower accident rates through improved measures to raise productivity, and thus protect the safety of employees indirectly, by making the business more efficient. Since Loss Control emerged in the United States and Canada during the 1960's, it has been adopted by many firms in various countries throughout the world. Books and articles on the theory of Loss Control have challenged previous assumptions about the best ways to manage industrial safety, but unfortunately, no one has analyzed very carefully the advantages of the new approach over traditional methods, or published any detailed descriptions of specific firms to show how Loss Control has been implemented and what outcome it has actually had. The main objective here is to correct this deficiency, and evaluate Loss Control in both theory and practice. DA - 1979 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 1979 T1 - The loss control approach to industrial safety TI - The loss control approach to industrial safety UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12603 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/12603
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationWill ML. The loss control approach to industrial safety. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Engineering & the Built Environment ,Department of Mechanical Engineering, 1979 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12603en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Mechanical Engineeringen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Engineering and the Built Environment
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherIndustrial Administrationen_ZA
dc.titleThe loss control approach to industrial safetyen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
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