Safety issues beyond the workplace: Estimate relationships between work injuries and available supervision

Foster C. Rinefort; David Van Fleet

doi:10.1007/BF01384752

Safety issues beyond the workplace: Estimate relationships between work injuries and available supervision

Foster C. Rinefort, David Van Fleet

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This study reports the results of an investigation of the relation between one measure of the performance of firms, work injuries, and the number of first level supervisors for 140 chemical, paper, and wood product manufacturing firms. Additional numbers of supervisors were found to be associated with lower work injuries in most cases, and the cost of such additional supervision was found to be partially justified in terms of the reduced costs of work injuries, although there was considerable variation across industry.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1-8
Number of pages	8
Journal	Employee Responsibilities and Rights Journal
Volume	6
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01384752
State	Published - Mar 1 1993

Keywords

downsizing
safety
span of control
supervision
work injuries

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Human Factors and Ergonomics
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management

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