Probability Models of Occupational Injury

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• Personal Author:
  Wassell, James T.
• Description:
  Probability models are an attempt to describe the random mechanism underlying events for which the outcome is uncertain. In injury risk assessment, these models provide the basis for developing and evaluating summary measures of the incidence of occupational injuries for comparison of occupations and industries. Probability models are used to represent the mechanism by which injuries occur to some individuals, while other individuals are not injuired, under similar circumstances. Methods for statistical analysis of occupational injury data require assumptions based on a reasonable mechanism describing the random nature of the occurrence of events, after accounting for all observalbe injury determinants. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Staff Development
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Injury Risk Assessment Injuries Injury-prevention Occupational-hazards Occupational-health Occupational-health-programs Occupational Injury Probability Risk-analysis Risk-factors Statistical-analysis

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• ISSN:
  1080-7039
• Publisher:
  CRC Press Incorporated
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 5 ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSR - Division of Safety Research ; EID - Education and Information Division
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  4
• Issue:
  6
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20025864
• Citation:
  Hum Ecol Risk Assess 1998 Dec; 4(6):1275-1283
• Contact Point Address:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Division of Safety Research, 1095 Willowdale Road, Morgantown, WV 26505
• Editor(s):
  Wassell JT; Bailer AJ
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1999
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  Human and Ecological Risk Assessment
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:30541a45d286147fecb7b8820376c2584c4d90dfc4b402331acaf0850cbeb145aa1e144daacb8ff080166ae755d4615570a2faf9aea61fbe5fb3e5158a1b32dd
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/197064/cdc_197064_DS1.pdf
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