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9 Conclusive

9 Conclusion

We have seen that there are usually establish a safety culture on board overall costs signiicantly and we are

several reasons why accidents happen that emphasises the importance and monitoring the statistics closely.
and the complexity of the underlying beneits of approved procedures.In this publication one of the

causes sometimes makes it dificult to We can also see that over the past recurring problems we have identiied

carry out a proper analysis. Accidents ten years claim costs increased inis that proper procedures have not
are generally caused by human error all the three categories. The claimsbeen put in place or those procedures

and often occur in conjunctioncost interval for illness between USD that do exist have not been followed

with technical or equipment failure. 50,000-500,000 represents 60% of the correctly. It is beneicial to continuously
Injuries and cargo claims usually occur cost, but the frequency is about 20%. It verify within your organisation that all

because the crew did not follow SMS is similar for injuries, with a frequency high-risk operations have been properly

procedures. Alternatively, procedures of about 10%, but the costs represent identiied and that preventative
were inadequate or simply did not 45% in the 50,000-500,000 interval. measures have been implemented.

address the situation in hand. The The claim interval from USD 1-5,000, You must ask yourself whether your

SMS includes work permits andfor both illness and injury, amounts to crew members and ofice staff believe in
risk assessment procedures that, if about 15%, but the cost is only 2%.your loss prevention programme or do

followed correctly, should be able to Expensive cargo claims over USD they just tick the boxes? It is a dificult

prevent accidents and mistakes.500,000 have been found to represent and time consuming job to implement
When accidents occur it is often the over 30% of the total cost but have a an eficient safety culture in your

case that crew members have ignored low frequency of 1%.company, but as we highlight in this

procedures or did not identify the risks. It comes as no surprise that there publication, safety improvements are not
This may be that the crew member did are some extremely expensive claims, about spending great amounts of money,

not see the beneit in following the but there is a worrying trend that but prove cost eficient when compared

procedures. This clearly demonstrates the number of expensive claims is with a catastrophe, not to mention the
that the company has failed toincreasing. This will increase theavoidance of human tragedy.

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