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.