A statistical analysis of accidents to Bantu personnel in the Gold Mining Industry

نویسندگان

  • J. J. BETTENCOURT
  • A. JENSEN
چکیده

An analysis of accident records provides a usef~l means for identifying patterns in the incidence of aCCIdents in large populations. Supplemented by the examination and evaluation of isolated variables likely to be related to accidents, it has also been used in studies of accidents in smaller groups of industrial employees. Thus studies on accidents in relation to. the influence of fatigue, illumination, speed of production, working shift, etc. have been ~iscussed at length/. and the results of a number of studIes2-6 on age, experIence and accident liability in relation to place of work, occupation, time and nature of injury have been reported.

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تاریخ انتشار 2004