Introduction: In advanced industrial countries, one out of every ten workers have an accident every year and five percent of national working days are wasted. In developing countries, an accurate estimate of occupational injuries costs is not available. The purpose of this study was to estimate the economic costs of occupational accidents in the insured persons of the Social Security Organization of Kerman.
Methods: This study was a descriptive-analytical study which was conducted in 2017. All data collected by census were entered into the EXCEL software and then different occupational accidents cost were calculated. Two methods of human capital approach were compared by caring out the DALY (disability adjusted life year) Rial Value and the Social Security Organization's compensation payments.
Results: Occupational accidents have caused 105.8 DALY years in two years. The direct costs of occupational accidents included treatment costs, equivalent to 21700095876 Rials, and the indirect costs included the costs of reducing productivity and the compensations paid by the Social Security Organization in the amount of 53035522688 and 2337505758 Rials, respectively. The comparison of two methods of the value of occupational accidents in the human capital approach showed that the average income lost by people due to occupational accidents is much higher than the compensation that the social security organization pays to the injured people.
Conclusion: Calculating the Rial value of accidents with different methods in the human capital approach shows the importance of determining the appropriate approach to provide accident damages for people who have been injured.