Lost Time Injury Frequency Rates; Their Limitations and Benefits In Measuring The Occupational Health and Safety Practices Of An Organization

摘要

Lost time injury statistics are used through out industry to identify what incidents have happened in the past and whal improvements can be made to prevent future occurrence. But more and more these statistics, a victim to manipulation, are used tc try and capture how safe an organization is. Many hazardous industries such as coal, oil and gas still use this data as a gauge of the safety of its workforce but catastrophic events such as the Esso Gas Plant Explosion and the Moura Coal Mine Disaster dismiss Losi Time Iniurv Statistics as a preventative tool in averting disasters.