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How To Calculate Incident Rates

Posted by Resource Center

Do you know your organization’s incidence rate....? Each year employers should not only record the number of injuries and illnesses but also calculate their incidence rate and benchmark against other like industries to determine future safety activities to decrease employee injuries/illnesses.

The calculation is simple.

Total number of injuries and illnesses x 200,000
÷
Number of hours worked by all employees
= Total recordable case rate

(The 200,000 figure in the formula represents the number of hours 100 employees working 40 hours per week, 50 weeks per year would work, and provides the standard base for calculating incidence rates.)

You can also compute the incidence rate for recordable cases involving days away from work, days of restricted work activity or job transfer (DART) using the following formula:

Number of entries in column H + Number of entries in column I) 200,000 ÷ Number of hours worked by all employees = DART incidence rate

Wisconsin business - If you would like to know how your business stacks up against your peers or competition with regard to your incident rate, contact knowledgebroker Maureen Joy at R&R for more information!

Topics: Safety, Long Term Care Insurance, Business Insurance