However, such a scheme has not worked too well in the field of occupational diseases. In these cases, the relationship between the hazards in the workplace and the worker's illness is usually much more subtle and complex, due both to the period, often long latency between exposure and first symptoms and the effects contradictory factors such as lifestyle and work habits (eg consumption of snuff), and the simultaneous development of diseases unrelated to the job. (Moreover, the latter can be propitiated, aggravated or even precipitated by certain exposures in the workplace, in certain cases, justify their coverage by the compensation schemes for occupational accidents).
This article focuses initially on the validity of two interlinked assumptions:
1. Compensation schemes for occupational accidents prevention programs can be developed based on assessments risk present in the workplace, from the analysis of data generated by accidents and injuries for which compensation was paid.
2. Compensation schemes for occupational accidents can offer significant financial incentives (for example, reductions in premiums or bonus malus systems) to induce companies to implement systems for effective prevention (Burger 1989).
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