Mirer, Franklin

Mirer, Franklin E. Ph.D. Safety and Health Program Management Standard The Need for a Performance Oriented Approach That Incorporates the Principles of the Quality Movement. A Speech Given at an ANSI Workshop, May, 1996. 

Mirer, Franklin. Director, UAW Health and Safety Department. April 2004, presentation in Detroit, MI. 

Dr. Franklin E. Mirer, Director of the Health and Safety Department of the United Auto Workers, also questioned using the term unsafe acts as a causal factor during a speech (unpublished) he gave at an American National Standards Institute workshop ... 

For example. Dr. Franklin Mirer, Director of the UAW Health and Safety Department, says that for about 700,000 auto workers, over 50% of all incidents reported are musculoskeletal. And the costs for musculoskeletal injuries tend to run high, especially for serious back injuries. 

At an auto industry workshop held in April 2004, Dr. Franklin Mirer, then director of the United Auto Workers (UAW) Health and Safety Department, stated that over a period of 20 years, skilled trades personnel—representing 20% approximately of the UAW membership of about 700,000—had experienced 41% of the fatalities. 

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