Accident and Loss performance

o Many statistical methods to characterize accident

and loss performance.
• OSHA incidence rate
• fatal accident rate (FAR)
• fatality rate, or deaths per person per year
o Report the number of injuries and/or fatalities for
a fixed number of workers during a specified period
o The OSHA incidence rate based on cases per 100
worker years.
o A worker year to contain 2000 hours
oOSHA incidence rate based on injuries and illness

Number of injuries and illnesses X 200,000

=
Total hours worked by all employees
during period covered

o Also based on lost work days

oOSHA incidence rate based on lost workdays

Number of lost workdays X 200,000

=
Total hours worked by all employees
during period covered

o OSHA provides information on all types of work-related injuries and

illnesses, including fatalities
o Provides a better representation of worker accidents than systems based
on fatalities alone
o FAR reports the number of fatalities based on 1000 employees
working their entire lifetime

Number of fatalities X 108

o FAR = Total hours worked by all employees
during period covered

o Fatality rate or deaths per person per year

o Independent of the number of hours actually worked
o Reports only the number of fatalities expected per person per
year

Number of fatalities per year

Fatality rate =
Total number of people in
applicable population