incident.rate: OSHA incident rate

In nadlerphd/rEHS: A set of tools for EHS management

OSHA incident rate

Description

a calculation that describes the number of recordable incidents that a company experiences per 100 full-time employees in any given time frame.

Usage

incident.rate(recordable.cases, total.hours.worked)

Arguments

recordable.cases	all work related deaths, illnesses, and injuries which result in a loss of consciousness, restriction of work or motion, permanent transfer to another job within the company, or that require some type of medical treatment or first-aid.
total.hours.worked	total number of hours employees worked in a reporting period

Examples

## incident.rate(17, 1500000)
## represents 17 recordable cases from 1.5 million hours
## For every 100 employees, 2.27 have been involved in a recordable injury or illness""
## "Incidence rate: 2.27"

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