A certain factory operates three different shifts. Over the last year, 200 accidents have occurred at...
A certain factory operates three different shifts. Over the last year, 200 accidents have occurred at the factory. Some of these can be attr working conditions, whereas the others are unrelated to working conditions. The accompanying table gives the percentage of accidents falling in each type of accident-shift ibuted at least in part to unsafe Unsafe 12% Shift Swing 6% Unrelated Conditions to Conditions Day 35% 16% 2 5% Night 6% Suppose one of the 200 accident reports is randomly...
You’re a human factors engineer at a large manufacturing facility that operates three shifts: day, swing, and night. In 2019, 200 accidents were reported, and you’ve parsed those out by (i) the shift in which they occurred and (ii) the cause of the accident, whether due to what you found to be unsafe conditions or unrelated to the conditions of the facility. The following table contains your accounting of the 200 accidents. You randomly draw one of the accidents at...
Factory workers are constantly encouraged to practice zero tolerance when it comes to accidents in factories. Accidents can occur because the working environment or conditions themselves are unsafe. On the other hand, accidents can occur due to carelessness of so-called human error. In addition, the worker's shift, 700 AM 10 300 PM day shift), 300 PM to 1100 PM (evening shift), or 11:00 PM to 7:00 AM graveyard shift), may be a factor During the last year, 400 accidents have...