> >I want to suggest another way of looking at this made popular by Trevor Kletz in Great Britain. It's called the F.A.F.R. (fatal accident frequency rate). It compares the deaths from different activities per unit time of exposure.
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I have seen many different denominators used in risk calculations, but none have been of particular interest to the people in the numerator, whether the risk is fatal, serious injuries, minor injuries or loss of productivity.

- Ralph

Ralph Stuart, CIH, CCHO
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