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Activity Number:
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143
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Type:
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Contributed
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Date/Time:
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Monday, August 7, 2006 : 10:30 AM to 12:20 PM
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Sponsor:
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Section on Statisticians in Defense and National Security
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| Abstract - #306618 |
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Title:
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Statistical Analysis of Department of Energy Safety Data
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Author(s):
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Rama Sastry*+
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Companies:
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U.S. Department of Energy
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Address:
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EH31, Washington, DC, 20585,
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Keywords:
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VPP ; safety ; clustering ; box plots
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Abstract:
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The Department of Energy operates many nuclear and non-nuclear facilities and National laboratories located at various places in the United States. The Department collects safety data to monitor health and safety of workers at these facilities. The objective of this paperis to present some statistical methods applied to analyze such data and offer suggestions to improve safety. The statistical techniques used include Hierarchical Clustering analysis, Box plots and Trend analysis with Kalman filtering. The results of the analysis indicate that the facilities adopting a safety program called Voluntary Protection Program (VPP) showed better safety performance than others in the Department.
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