OHS508 OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY ECONOMICS:
| Course Code: |
8770508 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): |
3(0-3) |
| ECTS Credit: |
8.0 |
| Language of Instruction: |
English |
| Level of Study: |
Graduate |
| Course Coordinator: |
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| Offered Semester: |
Fall and Spring Semesters. |
Course Content
Health systems of different countries, economic aspects of Occupational Health and Safety, OHS systems, insurance systems, health and safety risks for different sectors, cost analysis, cost of occupational health procedures, cost of accidents, cost of hospitalization, cost of returning job activities, compensations, work loss, designing safe work places, process choosing, cost of OHS training and education programs, effect of OHS on productivity, direct and indirect benefits of OHS
