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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Apr 3.
Published in final edited form as: J Occup Environ Med. 2010 Jun;52(6):626–634. doi: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e3181e138a4

Table 3.

Representative Weighting and Scoring of WRCL for 6 of 53 Candidate Sites (Phase II)

Site 1 Site 2 Site 3 Site 4 Site 5 Site 6
Weight Characteristics Score Weighted Score Weighted Score Weighted Score Weighted Score Weighted Score Weighted
2 Company Size 1 2 5 10 2 4 3 6 3 6 5 10
2 Company Characteristics 5 10 5 10 3 6 3 6 3 6 2 4
6 Facility Location 2 12 4 24 1 6 3 18 5 30 3 18
8 Facility Site Independence 3 24 4 32 3 24 5 40 2 16 4 32
10 Health Care Costs 5 50 5 50 1 10 3 30 2 20 3 30
5 Health Care Burden 5 25 4 20 1 5 1 5 3 15 4 20
5 Job Injury and Illness Rates 4 20 4 20 1 5 2 10 1 5 2 10
6 Stability of Insurance 2 12 4 24 5 30 4 24 1 6 3 18
2 Group Health Data Availability 5 10 5 10 5 10 5 10 5 10 5 10
8 Work Comp Data Availability 1 8 4 32 3 24 2 16 1 8 4 32
8 Maintenance of Confidentiality 2 16 4 32 1 8 3 24 5 40 4 32
7 Restricted Use of Health Info 3 21 3 21 5 35 1 7 2 14 4 28
4 Serious Medical Conditions 4 16 1 4 3 12 2 8 1 4 5 20
3 On-site Work-Time Allocation 5 15 5 15 1 3 5 15 1 3 1 3
4 On-site Exposure Evaluation 5 20 5 20 4 16 5 20 3 12 3 12
5 Participatory Process Time 2 10 4 20 4 20 1 5 2 10 4 20
4 Record Transparency 3 12 5 20 5 20 1 4 3 12 4 16
8 Accommodation to Change 1 8 3 24 2 16 1 8 5 40 4 32
10 Adherence to Study Terms 1 10 5 50 5 50 3 30 2 20 5 50
10 Active Safety Committee 2 20 5 50 4 40 5 50 2 20 5 50
5 Loss Sensitive Account 5 25 5 25 1 5 1 5 1 5 5 25
Total Score (Sum of Weighted) 346 513 349 341 302 472

Score Key

1 = unfavorable

2 = slightly unfavorable

3 = neutral

4 = favorable

5 = very favorable

Weighting Key

1 = Low Weight

10 = High Weight