Question

The Prince Company, Inc has 100 employees. In 2009, the employees worked a total of 350,000 hours annual and reported 145 injuries/illnesses. What is the incident rate for 2009? From the problem above if only 79 injuries/illnesses resulted in lost workdays or restricted work activity, what will the lost workday Incident rate be for 2009?

For the problems, if needed, the values of 910,000 for death, 27,000 for loss work day incidents, and 7,000 for no lost work day.

Answer 1

For 145 injuries, IR=82.86 // For 79 injuries, IR=45.14

Step-by-step explanation:

As stablished by OSHA, incident rate (IR) is used as a measurement to compare a company's safety against the national average. It is calculated by multiplying the number of recordable cases by 200.000 and then dividing the result by the number of total labor hours of the company.

For 145 injuries:

IR= (145*200.000)/350.000 = 82.86

For 79 injuries:

IR= (79*200.000)/350.000 = 45.14