Frequency rate, frequency index for work-related accidents
The frequency rate is the number of occupational accidents ( work stopped more than one day) arisen during a period of 12 months by one million hours worked, while the frequency index is the number of occupational accidents for 1 000 employees.
Frequency rate
Frequency index
Frequency rate
Frequency rate ( called in French “taux de fréquence“) is the number of occupational accidents with leave for 1 000 000 worked hours
Method of calculation :
Frequency rate = number of accidents with sick leave X 1 000 000 /number of worked hours
To calculate the number of worked hours , you have to multiply : staff full-time equivalent of the company and the number of working hours made every year by a full-time person.
Frequency index
Frequency index ( called in French “indice de fréquence“) is the number of occupational accidents for 1 000 employees.
To calculate the frequency index, you have to divide the number of accidents with a leave ( work stopped more than one day) by the number of employees and then you multiply by , 1 000
Fréquency index = number of accidents with leave x 1 000 / number of employees
You can also read the following posts :
- Occupational accident, commuting accident : definitions
- Severity rate for work-related accidents
- Annual statistics of occupational accidents and occupational diseases in France
- Occupational accidents formalities
- Recognition and compensation of occupational accidents
- List of the French tables of occupational diseases ( General Social security system)
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