Workplace organizational correlates of lost-time accident rates in manufacturing
✍ Scribed by Harry S. Shannon; Vivienne Walters; Wayne Lewchuk; Jack Richardson; Lea Anne Moran; Ted Haines; Dave Verma
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1996
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 853 KB
- Volume
- 29
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0271-3586
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✦ Synopsis
We report the rcsiilts o f LI yut~.stionrruirr .survry of mutiufacturirig workplaces relcited to the lost-rime ,frequency rates (LTFR) ,fhr Workers' Conipen.satioti daims. Six types of industry wero c:ho.sen: mcml articles, plastic articles, grain products, textile mcinilfactiiring. printing, wid ctutomobile manufacturing. LTFR were stciridardized by type of industry. Striit(fiitig simultaneously by number of eniployees urid LTFR ccitegop, \tie sampled 718 workplaces. A mail qiiestiorinnire to labor and maimgenietit tupreseritiitir~es pro\ided cit least some inforniritiori on 58%. R e s p o t w rtites rvere similar Iicross LTFR critegories, trnd telephone intertieuvs qf' tiori-re.sporider.s shobved little dijfereiwe in their replies froin h s e ohtuined in completed yut~stioiiiitiires. A large number of imriiibles ii'ere exariiiried. Apart frorti statistical significance, u e 1ooked))r cmsisteiicy in trmr1.s (icross LTFR cutc~~orie.s rind in patterns j i ) r similtir questions. Significant associations grouped into several arecis. Lower LTFR btjere associated btith: concrete d~.nrori.stratiori t>.v mcitrugetnent of its concern ,jhr the rtwrkjiwce; greuter involvement of' workers in gerierd decision-makirig: greater willingness of the Joint Health and Safety Comniirtee to solve problrnis interncrlly; urid greuter e.vperience (f the workforce. Variables thut bvere trot signiticunt included profitalili@ and ,fitiiincial perfi)t-= m(inw. A.finul sleprvise multiple rqressiori explciitied 19% (J'the vciricirrce in LTFR, cillhough this analysis sufered from several limitiitions.