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DJTR (DAYS OF JOB TRANSFER OR RESTRICTION CASES)

InjuryFacts — Wed, 07 Feb 2024 14:13:08 +0000

Cases which result only in job transfer or restricted work activity. This occurs when, as the result of a work-related injury or illness, either an employer keeps, or healthcare professional recommends keeping an employee from doing the routine functions of their job or from working the full workday that the employee would have been scheduled to work before the injury or illness occurred. This may include the following instances:

An employee is assigned to another job temporarily.
An employee works at a permanent job less than full time.
An employee works at a permanently assigned job but is unable to perform all duties normally connected with it.
The day on which the injury or illness occurred is not counted as a day of job transfer or restriction. Workers who continue working after incurring an injury or illness in their regularly scheduled shift but produce fewer goods or services are not considered to be in restricted activity status. They must be restricted from performing their routine work functions to be counted in this category.
Details regarding recordability of nonfatal work-related injuries and illnesses can be found here: https://www.osha.gov/recordkeeping/entry-faq.

DJTR can also be expressed as a rate. The incident rate calculation is: (N/EH) x 200,000, where N = number of injuries and illnesses; EH = total hours worked by all employees during the calendar year; and 200,000 = base for 100 equivalent full-time workers (working 40 hours per week, 50 weeks per year). When the rate reflects a base of 10,000 equivalent full-time workers, 20,000,000 is used instead of 200,000.

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DAFW (DAYS AWAY FROM WORK CASES)

InjuryFacts — Wed, 07 Feb 2024 14:09:54 +0000

Cases which result in days away from work (beyond the day of injury or onset of illness). The number of days away from work for these cases is determined according to the number of calendar days (not workdays) that an employee was unable to work, even if the employee was not scheduled to work those days. The day on which the employee was injured or became ill is not counted. These cases may also include days of job transfer or restricted work activity in addition to days away from work. It indicates the frequency of injuries and illnesses that resulted in days away from work. Details regarding recordability of nonfatal work-related injuries and illnesses can be found here: https://www.osha.gov/recordkeeping/entry-faq. DAFW cases can also be expressed as a rate. The incident rate calculation is: (N/EH) x 200,000, where N = number of injuries and illnesses; EH = total hours worked by all employees during the calendar year; and 200,000 = base for 100 equivalent full-time workers (working 40 hours per week, 50 weeks per year). When the rate reflects a base of 10,000 equivalent full-time workers, 20,000,000 is used instead of 200,000.

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DART (DAYS AWAY, RESTRICTED, OR TRANSFERRED CASES)

InjuryFacts — Wed, 07 Feb 2024 14:07:46 +0000

Cases which involve days away from work beyond the day of injury or onset of illness, days of job transfer or restricted work activity, or both. DART is comprised of two types of cases: DAFW and DJTR. Details regarding recordability of nonfatal work-related injuries and illnesses can be found here: https://www.osha.gov/recordkeeping/entry-faq. DART provide insight into the severity of injuries and their impact on a worker’s ability to work. DART cases can also be expressed as a rate. The incident rate calculation is: (N/EH) x 200,000, where N = number of injuries and illnesses; EH = total hours worked by all employees during the calendar year; and 200,000 = base for 100 equivalent full-time workers (working 40 hours per week, 50 weeks per year). When the rate reflects a base of 10,000 equivalent full-time workers, 20,000,000 is used instead of 200,000.

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TRI (TOTAL RECORDABLE INCIDENT CASES)

InjuryFacts — Wed, 07 Feb 2024 14:06:30 +0000

Measures the number of work-related injuries and illnesses, based on OSHA reporting guidelines. Details regarding recordability of nonfatal work-related injuries and illnesses can be found here: https://www.osha.gov/recordkeeping/entry-faq. Total recordable incidents indicates both minor and major injuries and illnesses that required medical treatment or resulted in lost workdays. TRI cases can also be expressed as a rate. The incident rate calculation is: (N/EH) x 200,000, where N = number of injuries and illnesses; EH = total hours worked by all employees during the calendar year; and 200,000 = base for 100 equivalent full-time workers (working 40 hours per week, 50 weeks per year).

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TRIR (TOTAL RECORDABLE INCIDENT RATE)

InjuryFacts — Wed, 07 Feb 2024 14:03:13 +0000

Measures the rate of work-related injuries and illnesses, based on OSHA reporting guidelines. Incidence rates represent the number of injuries and illnesses per 100 full-time workers. The incident rate calculation is: (N/EH) x 200,000, where N = number of injuries and illnesses; EH = total hours worked by all employees during the calendar year; and 200,000 = base for 100 equivalent full-time workers (working 40 hours per week, 50 weeks per year). Details regarding recordability of nonfatal work-related injuries and illnesses can be found here: https://www.osha.gov/recordkeeping/entry-faq. Total recordable incidents indicates both minor and major injuries and illnesses that required medical treatment or resulted in lost workdays.

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PERSON-MILES

InjuryFacts — Tue, 26 Jul 2022 18:01:21 +0000

The number of miles traveled by an individual person, across different modes of travel. For example, one person walking one mile is one person-mile. Likewise, one vehicle with four passengers traveling one mile is equal to four person-miles.

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EXPONENTIAL SMOOTHING

InjuryFacts — Wed, 11 Nov 2020 14:15:55 +0000

Exponential smoothing models iteratively forecast future values of a time series of values from weighted averages of past values of the series. The model computes the next level or smoothed value from a weighted average of the last actual value and the last level value. The method is exponential because the value of each level … Continue reading EXPONENTIAL SMOOTHING

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CAUGHT

InjuryFacts — Thu, 10 Sep 2020 20:03:03 +0000

Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects. Applies when a person, or part of a person’s body is squeezed, pinched, compressed, or crushed in operating equipment, between other meshing or shifting objects, between two stationary objects, or in wire or rope.

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NON-TRAFFIC EVENT

InjuryFacts — Wed, 16 Oct 2019 17:39:24 +0000

A motor vehicle non-traffic incident is any motor vehicle incident that occurs entirely in any place other than a traffic way.

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NON-COLLISION INCIDENT

InjuryFacts — Wed, 16 Oct 2019 17:38:48 +0000

Injury deaths from non-collisions in which the first injury or damage-producing event was an overturn, jackknife or other type of non-collision.

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