Abstract
This study was a developmental investigation of a procedural analysis to facilitate the evaluation of an accident prevention program by a safety manager or other qualified individual. Literature on industrial accident prevention was examined extensively to disclose the requisite elements that should be included in a procedural analysis for identifying hazards. In addition, fundamental statistical methods were analyzed to identify a cadre of inferential techniques that could be used to quantify the uncertainty associated with the hazard recognition process. The investigation disclosed that industrial accident prevention programs have not capitalized on the benefits to be gained from using inferential statistical techniques. Although many safety managers have recognized that statistical theory has numerous ramifications for accident prevention, actual applications have been limited to a small number of so-called exemplary programs. These exemplary programs were reported, in most instances, to be concerned with the implementation of a statistical technique that focused on a single aspect of the industrial accident prevention problem.
Yeager, Garth Ballard (1975). Development and evaluation of a procedural analysis for quantifying the existence of mechanical and material hazards within an industrial plant. Doctoral dissertation, Texas A&M University. Texas A&M University. Libraries. Available electronically from
https : / /hdl .handle .net /1969 .1 /DISSERTATIONS -182097.