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Germany, Federal Republic. Report, economic evaluation of costs incurred by occupational accidents and accidents on the way to or from work, esp. Trends between 1965 and 1980, and projections to 1985 - analyzes the cost of damage to property and of employment accident benefits as well as financial losses due to production deficiencies; includes the formulae used in the calculation; concludes that the rise in total cost is lower than expected due to increased efforts in accident prevention. Graphs, references and statistical tables.