Control charts for accident frequency: A motivation for real-time occupational safety monitoring

International Journal of Injury Control and Safety Promotion

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 154-162

  Schuh, Anna ^a   Camelio, Jaime A ^a   Woodall, William H ^b  

^a Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

accident monitoring; control chart; cumulative sum; safety; surveillance; time between events

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ALGORITHM; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MOTIVATION; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PROCEDURES; SAFETY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ALGORITHMS; DATA DISPLAY; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; MOTIVATION; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84902800322     PISSN: 17457300     EISSN: 17457319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17457300.2013.792285     Document Type: Article

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