CHAPTER Ill, SECTION 5

FREQUENCY AND SEVERITY OF
INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT RATES AT PPG
- A COMPARISON JULY 1954 THRU JUNE 30, 1956

ALL OTHER ALO
CONTRACTORS

HOLMES & NARVER, INC.

Mar.

Apr.
May

June

July
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Jan. 1956
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May
June

4,74

7.58
4,40
. 00

5.51
. 00
2.29
7. 83
2.35
1.71
1.77
1.77
6.07
8. 68
5, 96
9.15

MAN-HOURS

FREQUENCY

8
5
74
00
78
33
30
19

254,000
203,000
189, 500
208, 000
189, 000
169,000
239, 000
208,000

5

208,000

00

254,000

5. 23
2. 77
ll. 62
13. 94
Ll. 26
2. 57
.95
. 88
~41
07
69
31
. 82
-47
91
. 50
.O}
~55
19
27
. 67
78
. 82

22738
13

102
4}
14
26
16
7
11
1]
15
2629
13
53

261,000
225,000
363,000
317, 600
436,000
383,000
426,000
584,000
489, 000
565,000
988,000
691,000
671,000
655, 500

FREQUENCY: Disabling injuries per million man-hours worked.
SEVERITY:

Days charged per million man-hours worked.
Table 3-3.

Frequency aud Severity of Accidents

rN

bent

7.78
4.85
15.59
. 90
5.23
5.83
9. 80
4.75

SEVERITY

Pw HO OW PV

July 1954
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Jan. 1955
Feb.

FREQUENCY

Oo eon me Nw Oe NH

MONTH

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