Allometric scaling and accidents at work

• Autorzy: Cempel C. , Tabaszewski M. , Ordysiński S.
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Allometry is the knowledge concerning relations between the features of some beings, like animals, or cities. For example, the daily energy rate is proportional to a mass of mammals rise of 3/4. This way of thinking has spread quickly from biology to many areas of research concerned with sociotechnical systems. It was revealed that the number of innovations, patents or heavy crimes rises as social interaction increases in a bigger city, while other urban indexes such as suicides decrease with social interaction. Enterprise is also a sociotechnical system, where social interaction and accidents at work take place. Therefore, do these interactions increase the number of accidents at work or, on the contrary, are they reduction-driving components? This article tries to catch such links and assess the allometric exponent between the number of accidents at work and the number of employees in an enterprise.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

accidents at work; allometric scaling; statistical data; size of an enterprise

PL

wypadki przy pracy; ocena statystyczna; pracownik; praca

• Wydawca: Taylor & Francis
• Czasopismo: International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics
• Rocznik: 2016
• Tom: Vol. 22, No. 2
• Strony: 173--178
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 20 poz., wykr.

Twórcy

autor

Cempel C.

• Central Institute for Labour Protection - National Research Institute (CIOP-PIB), Poland

autor

Tabaszewski M.

• Poznań University of Technology, Poland

autor

Ordysiński S.

• Central Institute for Labour Protection - National Research Institute (CIOP-PIB), Poland

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Uwagi

PL

Opracowanie ze środków MNiSW w ramach umowy 812/P-DUN/2016 na działalność upowszechniającą naukę.