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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