Citation

McDaniel WC. Proc. Hum. Factors Ergon. Soc. Annu. Meet. 1976; 20(11): 222-225.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1976, Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, Publisher SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/154193127602001101

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Managerial decisions concerning safety programs are often made using accident rates as a criterion of safety effectiveness. This paper describes a concept based on the Poisson process that may provide a better criterion of safety effectiveness than presently used accident rates. Results indicate this conceptual model may be more sensitive than accident rates in determining overall safety effectiveness and hazard reduction.

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