Savings through reductions in worker injuries and absenteeism are also easy to document. u
1979, Deere and Company (the agricultural equipment manufacturer) implemented a company-wid(
ergQnomics program involving extensive employee participation. By 1984, the finn had reduce(
workers compensation costs by a total of 32 percent; by 1996, they had recorded an 83 percen
reduction in back-related injuries. In the early 1980s, the Union Pacific Railroad's Palestine Ca
Shop had the worst safety statistics among all of the firm's shop operations, with 579 lost and 19,
restrictedllimited workdays and 4 percent absenteeism among workers.