1.
Calculate different injury rates for a factory employing average 50 workers for the year during which 100
lost-time (disabling) injuries (accidents) took place and totally 500 man-days lost. The workers worked 48
hours a week and 52 weeks in the year. If total cost of the above 100 accidents is Rs. 70,500 calculate the
cost severity rate.
Injury 106
Frequency rate =
Man - hours worked
100 106
= = 801.28
50 48 52
Mandays lost 106
Severity rate =
Man - hours worked
500 106
= = 4006.41
50 48 52
Injuries 1000
Incidence rate =
Average workers employed
100 1000
= = 2000
50
Frequency rate Severity rate 801.28 4006.41
Disabling Index = = = 3210.256
1000 1000
2, In a factory the average daily rate of employment per shift is 1500.` There are 3 shifts of 8 hours. In a year,
the factory works for 300 days. If the total reportable accidents in the year was 80 and man-days lost were
200, find the frequency and severity rates of accidents, and the Frequency-Severity Indicator.
80 106
F= = 7.40
1500 8 3 300
200 106
S= = 18.51
1500 8 3 300
F S 7.40 18.51
FSI = = = 0.1369
1000 1000
[Link] A has 60 workers working 48 hours a week and 20 accidents (lost time) resulting in 120 man-days lost.
Firm B has 80 workers working 48 hours a week and 30 accidents resulting in 150 man-days lost. Which firm
has the better safety performance during the same six months?
52
Six months = = 26 weeks
2
Injuries 106 20 106
FA = = = 0267.09
Manhours worked 60 48 26
Injuries 106 30 106 Mandays lost 106 120 106
FB = = = 0300.48 SA = = = 1602.56
Manhours worked 80 48 26 Manhours worked 60 48 26
Mandays lost 106 150 106
SB = = = 1502.40
Manhours worked 80 48 26
Comparing frequency rates, firm A has less rate, therefore better safety performance from frequency
point of view. Comparing severity rates, firm B has less rate, therefore better safety performance from severity
point of view.
4. Given below are accident statistics of Factories A & B :
Factory Man- Non Fatal Man
hours Acci-
Worked fatal dents days
Acci-
dents Lost
Regular 1200000 10 - 400
workers
Contract 250000 2 - 100
workers
Regular 3000000 24 - 1000
workers
Contract 500000 8 1 120
workers
(a) Calculate frequency rate separately for regular workers and contract workers including weighted frequency rate.
(b) Calculate severity rate separately for regular workers and contract workers including days charged for the fatal
accident.
(c) Comment on the safety performance between factory A and B.
For factory A
10 106 100
FRW = = = 8.33 (for regular
12 105 12
workers)
2 106 200
FCW = = = 8.00 (for contract
25 10 4 25
workers)
(10 + 2) 106 400 106 4000
Weighted Freq. Rate = = 8.27 SRW = = = 333.3
1200000+ 250000 12 105 12
100 106 10000
SCW = = = 400
25 104 25
For factory B
24 106 24
FRW = = =8
3 106 3
(8+1) 106 90
FCW = = = 18
5 105 5
(24 + 8 + 1) 106 1000 106 1000
Weighted Freq. Rate = = 9.42 SRW = = = 333.3
3000000+ 500000 3 106 3
(6000 + 120) 106 61200
SCW = = = 12240
5 105 5
considering 6000 man-days lost for 1 fatal accident (IS:3786-1983).
Comment : In case of regular workers, freq. rate of factory B is less than that of factory A and therefore good
performance. In case of contract workers, the situation is reversed. In case of regular workers, severity rate of both the
factories is equal and therefore equal performance. In case of contract workers, the factory B has higher severity rate
(which increased due to a fatal accident) and therefore comparatively poor performance. Comparing weighted frequency
rates, total work performance of regular and contract workers of factory A is good.
[Link] a factory during 1992, 15 accidents took place when 70 workers were employed for six months. In the same
factory when it worked for the whole year in 1996 with 90 workers, total 25 accidents took place. Calculate the
Safe-T-Score for 1996 and comment on the performance.
Six months = 26 weeks.
15 106 15000000
FR 1992 = = = 171.70
70 48 26 87360
25 106 25000000
FR 1996 = = = 111.28
90 48 52 224640
FR 1996 -FR 1992
STS1996 =
FR 1992 106
Manhours1996
111.28-171.70 -60.41 −60.41
= = = = −2.18
171.70 10 6
764.33 27.64
224640
As the Safety-T-Score for 1996 is -2.18 i.e. less than -2, it indicates that the safety performance is improved.
[Link] frequency rate, severity rate and disabling Injury index (DII)
In a factory 500 workers are working in a general shift of 8 hrs. In a year, factory works for 300 days.
During the year there were 10 lost time accidents and out of it one was a fatal accident. Total days
lost for, other than the fatal accident were 250 days. [May 2003 Marks (8)]
Main man days lost for fatality = 6000 days man days for one fatal accident [ IS 3786-2022]
FR = 10X1000000/500X300X8 =8.333
SR =(250+6000)x1000000/500X300X8=5208.333
DII = FRXSR/100= 8.333X5208.333/100=434.026
7. Calculate frequency rate, severity rate and disabling Injury index (DII)
In a factory there are 3500 workers, working during day shift only of 8 hrs. having 330 working days in
a year. There was one fatal and 5 lost time accidents. Days lost due to 5 lost time accident were 100
days. [Nov 2002 Marks (8)]
man days lost for fatality = 6000 days man days for one fatal accident [ IS 3786-2022]
FR =(5+1)X1000000/3500X8X330=0.649
SR=(100+6000)/3500X8X330=1.73
DII=0.649X1.73/100=4.28
8. An employee was injured on 16th Feb 2000, declared fit on 18th march 2000. Subsequently for the
same work injury, he was again required to be readmitted to hospital on 13th [Link] expired on
20th April 2000. calculate number of injuries and man days lost. [ May 2002, marks (8)]
Number of Injuries =1 (As again hospitalization was due to past same injury)
Man days lost:
#Day of accident and day of joining back to service need not to be calculated in Man days lost and Feb
2000 has 29 days (leap year). So total Man days lost between 16th Feb 2000 to March 18th 2000 is = 13 +
17 = 30 days
# Re-hospitalization for the same injury on 13th April 2000 and expired on 20th April 2000. Man days lost
in between=6days
So Total Man days lost = 30 + 6 + 6000 = 6036 man days
9. one person got injury on 26.12.1999 and he resumed his duty on 7.3.2000. Calculate the man-
days lost.
Soln.
Man-days lost in December 1999 = 5
January 2000 = 31
February 2000 = 29
March 2000 = 6
7 1
10 . A factory has 400 average employees working in day shift of 8 hours. Therewere 300 and 302
working days in the year 1999 and 2000 respectively. There is only one reportable accident
observed as details given in the earlierexample. Calculate FR, SR and Incidence rate for both the
years.
For the year 1999 :
Number of reportable lost time injury x 1 000 000FB =
Man-hours worked
1 x 1 000 000
=
400 x 300 x 8
= 1.0417
Man-days lost due to reportable lost time injury x 1 000 000 SB =
Man-hours worked
5 x 1 000 000
=
400 x 300 x 8
= 5.2083
Number of reportable lost time injury x 1 000IB =
Average number of workers employed
1 x 1 000
=
400
= 2.5
For the year 2000 :
FB = 0
Man-days lost due to reportable lost time injury x 1 000 000 SB =
Man-hours worked
71 x 1 000 000
=
400 x 302 x 8
= 73.4685 ,
IB = 0
11. Calculate man-days lost for death and disfigurement of face case.
In the both cases, man-days lost is 6000. It is total disablement
12.A person had accident on 27.11.2003 and he had lost time up to 2.12.2003. He had again lost
time from 17.12.2003 to 23.12.2003 for the same injury. Calculate the total lost time. If the person
was on duty on 17.12.2003 then he started complaint and hence he was hospitalized on the same
day and resumesduty on 23.12.2003, then what will be the man-days lost.
Lost time for the injury = 4 days
Lost due to intermittent disablement = 7 daysTotal lost
time due the accident = 11 days.
If the person was on duty on 17.12.2003 and he resumed duty on 23.12.2003then the lost
time for this period is 5 days instead of 7 earlier.
In such case the total lost time is 9 man-days.