Safety & Workforce worked example

Return to Work Savings with cost avoided with a return-to-work program of 310 units: a worked example

What does the result look like when cost avoided with a return-to-work program reaches 310 units? The full calculation is worked below with real intermediate numbers. Use it when return to work savings in safety and workforce needs a clean margin number for a safety and workforce go / no-go review.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Cost avoided with a return-to-work program: 310 units (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 125)
  • Cost of the injury without the program: 100 units (unchanged)
  • Baseline injury cost for reference: 100 units (unchanged)

Working through the calculation

  • Applying the documented formula (Margin = gain or available amount - cost or required amount) to the inputs above produces each figure below.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 210 % for return to work savings margin, the number this scenario is built around.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 210 value for return to work savings amount gap.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 310 value for available return to work savings amount.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 100 value for required return to work savings amount.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where cost avoided with a return-to-work program sits at 125 units and the headline result is 25 %, this scenario comes in 740% above the baseline at 210 %.
  • A figure at this level is achievable when cost avoided with a return-to-work program is genuinely sustained, not just peaked for a shift. It compares the two figures you supply; it does not model wage-subsidy costs, productivity of light duty, or the long-tail effect on your experience-mod unless you build those into the inputs.

Results at a glance

  • Return to work savings margin: 210 % (headline result)
  • Return to work savings amount gap: 210 value
  • Available return to work savings amount: 310 value
  • Required return to work savings amount: 100 value

Run it with your numbers

  • Every input above is editable in the live Return to Work Savings calculator, which recalculates instantly and can be shared with the inputs intact.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.