TABLE III
ACCIDENT FREQUENCY AND SEVERITY IN TERMS OF PRODUCTION FOR TWENTY-FOUR MAJOR INDUSTRIAL GROUPS
[ndustrial groups
Boots and Shoes. ...... Lo.
Chemical
Acids and Heavy Chemicals. .. .~.. eens
Explosives. ................. es
Coal Mining
Anthracite Coal Mining................. ee
Bituminous Coal Mining ..... . .... Cea
Coke
Beehive. ovine
By-product. con snconismisnr me nus nse mis mes ws mu es
Electric Light and Power.................cooiiinnn.,
Electric Railways. ..... .....oiiiiiiiiiiiiiae..
Machine Building and Metal Working ..................
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Brass, Bronze and Copper Products ..................
Fine Specialty Machines. ...........................
Hardware. . ooo ieee eee ee eee eee ee
Mineral Mining. ........ coi iiiniiiiiann ns
Paperand Pulp....................cciiiin LLLL.
Steam Railways
Freight Service. .........ccviiiiiiinininnnnnnn..
Passenger Service. . . TS ,
Textile... o.oo
Wood-working (Furniture). .... .
Length
Number of
of experi-
companies| ence
in years
5
20
7
3
4
337 |
7.886
9
QO
99
58
9]
ye
2
:,783
15
; .66¢c
5
0
176
176
4
rr»
I0
I0
5
ry
Number
of
smployees
last year
reported
1,681
35,000
4,276
2,035
160,000
610,604
6,450
14,001
24,002
55,781
2,278
60,0460
14,427
14,924
5,253
5,542
1,314
123,128
7,387
04,242
148,267
57,230
1,047
3,852
Accident frequency] Accident severity
Per cent | Per cent | Per cent | Per cent
increase | decrease | increase | decrease
os
,
21.9
10.0
—
75.0 *
47.0 >
Z
60.2 lw!
LI
73 of
—
11.4%
57-5
77.1%
R 4%
20.2
02.1
5-4
2.7
17.6
9.6
11.0 7.3
48.6 i 48.8
28.9
| 32.3 | 50.3
53.8 | 312.0
L
7.6
68.7 =
25.4
S45
60.3
42.0
40.1
[2.3
20.8
6.4
39.5
43.5
20.0
66.9
25.2
Qa
>
-
35-3
} | 10.3
46.3
30.7
-
—
250.0
* Fatality rate.
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