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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Saf Sci. 2014 Apr;64:32–38. doi: 10.1016/j.ssci.2013.11.022

Table 2.

Mean number of reported safety activities by groups.

Variable Groups Mean safety activitiesa (s.d.) n
Number of employees 1–9
10–19
20–249
2.00 (1.40)b
2.94 (1.32)b
3.36 (1.35)b
337
193
192
Industry injury rate groupc High
Low
3.05 (1.42)d
2.37 (1.47)d
265
457
OSHA inspection Yes
No
3.41 (1.23)d
2.19 (1.44)d
250
472
Perceived dangerousness of industry More dangerous
About average or
Safer
3.19 (1.37)d
2.55 (1.49)d
72
650
a

Maximum =6.

b

p < .05 Each mean is significantly different from the other two in this block (Tukey’s HSD test).

c

Based on annual injury incidence case rates by industry sector for nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving days away from work, job transfer, or restriction for 2002; high: >3.0 per hundred FTE, low: <3.0 per 100 FTE.

d

p < .001.