Journal article
Workplace organizational correlates of lost‐time accident rates in manufacturing
Abstract
We report the results of a questionnaire survey of manufacturing workplaces related to the lost-time frequency rates (LTFR) for Workers' Compensation claims. Six types of industry were chosen.' metal articles, plastic articles, grain products, textile manufacturing, printing, and automobile manufacturing. LTFR were standardized by type of industry. Stratifying simultaneously by number of employees and LTFR category, we sampled 718 workplaces. A …
Authors
Shannon HS; Walters V; Lewchuk W; Richardson J; Moran LA; Haines T; Verma D
Journal
American Journal of Industrial Medicine, Vol. 29, No. 3, pp. 258–268
Publisher
Wiley
Publication Date
March 1996
DOI
10.1002/(sici)1097-0274(199603)29:3<258::aid-ajim5>3.0.co;2-m
ISSN
0271-3586