| Article ID: | iaor1988363 |
| Country: | United States |
| Volume: | 20 |
| Issue: | 3 |
| Start Page Number: | 269 |
| End Page Number: | 279 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 1988 |
| Journal: | IIE Transactions |
| Authors: | Boyd Amy Hancock, Herrin Gary D. |
| Keywords: | testing, work, health services |
This paper develops a new statistical approach to monitoring industrial injuries on an operation. It details a sequential procedure which can be used by practitioners to determine if the incidence rate on an operation is ‘out of control’ with respect to an acceptable rate as a function of injury severity and redesign costs. The procedure is based upon the CUSUM test for the exponential distribution. Test implementation, sensitivity, and robustness are also discussed.