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Dear all,

Good evening!

I have a question regarding the severity rate of an accident. In a first aid case, employees/workers took 15-20 minutes for first aid treatment. Should this type of lost time be considered compulsory in calculating the number of man-days lost? Or should we only consider lost time for reportable accidents?

Thank you.

Dear Gaurav,

No need to count lost time like 20 minutes when calculating the severity rate. You need to count if at least a day is lost due to an accident. It is not that you need to take only reportable accidents' lost days into account. If the victim resumes duty after 48 hours, it is a reportable case. Non-reportable incidents, even causing one day of leave for the victim, should be calculated for severity rate considerations.

Hope this information helps.

Dear Gaurav,

Mr. Dipil has given a short and simple explanation to you. I hope you understand it now. If not, let's take a look at the formula below:

Severity Rate:

The severity rate is a calculation that gives a company an average of the number of lost days per recordable incident. Please note that very few companies use the severity rate as a calculation, as it only provides an average. The calculation is made by dividing the total number of lost work days by the total number of recordable incidents.

Total number of lost work days
SR = ----------------------------------------------
Total number of recordable incidents

Using our previous company as an example, there were 5 lost work days and two recordable incidents. So, the severity rate calculation would look like this:

5
SR = ------
2

SR = 2.5

What is now known is that for every recordable incident at the company, an average of 2.5 days will be lost due to those work-related injuries and illnesses.

I hope I have explained clearly.

Keep on sharing.

Dear Raghu,

In India, we are not using the formula which you have mentioned for calculating the SR. Please go through the below link in our earlier thread: https://www.citehr.com/340743-rate-a...man-hours.html

Dear Dipil,

Thank you for your guidelines at the right time. I missed that thread earlier in our forum, but now I got it. Keep on sharing.

Dear Gaurav,

Please follow Mr. Dipil's guidelines on this topic. Again, thank you, Mr. Dipil.

Dear Gaurav, Dipil, Raghu,

We calculate the SR and FR in ppm of man-hours worked. Most of the Indian companies calculate the same way.

Thanks & Regards,
Sudhir

Dear Sir,

On that formula, should we have to take the lost time of contract labor into account? If not, then we do not have to count the number of man-hours worked by contractual labor.

Kindly suggest to me.

Dear Sir,

I have one confusion. How can I calculate the number of man-days lost? In our organization, accidents happen in minor cases, so the person does not take leave for the accident. Please suggest to me what I should do?

Thanks & Regards, Manoj Parihar

dear Sir,
can u clear me about the man-hour calculation
we are using the formula as below:-
Total person – work hours = No. Of manpower * No. Of Shift Hrs. * No. Of Hrs. Worked.
examlpe: - total no of manpower (174), no of shift hrs(7.5) and no of Hrs, worked (no of day working in a month(24 days)*no fo shift hrs)
= 174*7.5*180=234900
it is ok or same thing wrong with the formula.
please suggest!!!
Regards,

Dear all,

In all this confusion clearing, let me also ask something: is Severity Rate and Severity Index the same?

Regards,
Hansa