Management Guide to Loss Control

In the 1974 book titled Management Guide to Loss Control, Frank E. Bird, Jr. presented what he called the iceberg theory of incident costs. In an exhibit having the appearance of an iceberg and captioned The Real Costs Of Accidents Can Be Measured and Controlled, Bird gave these ratios ... 

Bird, Frank E., Jr. Management Guide to Loss Control. Loganville, GA Institute Press, 1975. 

In Management Guide to Loss Control, by Frank E. Bird, Jr., a chapter on Proper Job Analysis and Procedures extends the purposes of a task analysis to include aspects other than safety. Bird said ... 

In his Management Guide to Loss Control (1974), Frank E. Bird, Jr., proposed that, in reports to management, data should be included to show the additional sales required to pay for accident costs. As will be noted in the following discussion, the premise that additional sales are necessary to cover accident costs cannot be supported. 

The benefit of controlling critical safety elements is that the work being done to manage safety is channeled at reducing the risk and potential loss in areas that have been identified as crucial. Some critical safety elements help control the physical conditions that would contribute to the reduction of losses as a result of an unsafe work environment. Other critical safety elements are directed toward the control of the persons within a workplace. These controls would include items such as critical task procedures, rules, training, and activities to involve, motivate, guide, and train employees in safe work practices. 

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