Statistics For Business And Economics, University Of Connecticut
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Chapter 10, Problem 10.49ACI
Management system failures. Refer to the Process Safety Progress (December 2004) and U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board study of industrial accidents caused by management system failures. Exercise 2.150 (p. 118). The table below gives a breakdown of the root causes of a sample of 83 incidents. Are there significant differences in the percentage of incidents in the four cause categories? Test using α = .05.
| Management System Cause | Number of Incidents |
| Engineering & Design | 27 |
| Procedures & Practices | 24 |
| Management & Oversight | 22 |
| Training & Communication | 10 |
| Total | 83 |
| Source: Republished with permission of John Wiley & Sons Inc from A. S. Blair, “Management System Failues identified in Incidents Investigated by the U S Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board,” Process Safety Progress Vol 23, No 4, December 2004, pp 232-236 (Table 1). Permission conveyed through Copyright Clearance Center Inc. | |
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