What does FWI mean in UNCLASSIFIED

Fatalities and Weighted Injuries (FWI) is a measure used to quantify the severity of accidents. It assigns a numerical value to each injury, based on the type and severity of the injury. The total FWI for any incident is the sum of all fatalities and weighted injuries associated with it.

FWI is calculated by multiplying the number of fatalities in an accident with 100, and then adding this figure to the sum of all accidental injuries. These injuries are assigned individual weightings according to their corresponding degree of severity (minor, moderate or severe).

Any type of incident that results in casualties can be assessed using FWI, such as traffic accidents, industrial accidents, etc.

Yes, most organizations use a system developed by the National Safety Council (NSC), called Injury Severity Rating System (ISRS). Under this system minor injuries are assigned a rating between 1-5; moderate injuries 6-15; and serious or severe injuries 16-100+.

By measuring safety performance using metrics such as FWI we can gain valuable insight into what causes accidents, how they can be prevented in future and how safety standards can be improved across different settings.

There are various other metrics commonly used in addition to FWI such as accident frequency rate (AFR), cost per accident/injury rate (CPA), accident severity rate (ASR) and total cost per accident/injury rate (TCPA).

Yes, various organizations have developed their own metrics tailored towards their respective field. For example construction companies might measure Lost Workday Injury Frequency Rate (LWIFR) which looks at how many workdays were affected by an injury.

A low score indicates good safety performance, while a higher score reflects greater risk levels associated with certain operations or activities. However it should also be noted that higher scores may not necessarily indicate poor safety standards – they could simply mean that more serious or fatal incidents have occurred than expected.