Calculate the LWDI for a firm that has 15 employees and for the year has had 11 work-related injury cases,each of which involved one or more lost workdays?
A)73.3
B)36.5
C)8.6
D)indeterminate from the data supplied.

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The Lost Workday Incidence (LWDI) rate is calculated by taking the number of work-related injuries that resulted in lost workdays, multiplying by 200,000 (a standard figure representing the equivalent of 100 employees working 40 hours a week, 50 weeks a year), and then dividing by the total number of hours worked by all employees during the year. Without the total hours worked, we can't directly calculate LWDI as typically defined. However, if we assume the question intends for us to calculate a simplified or modified LWDI based on the number of cases and a standard employee base (e.g., per 100 employees), and not using total hours worked, we can proceed as follows: (11 cases / 15 employees) * 100 = 73.3. This approach assumes each case represents a separate incident affecting the rate per 100 employees, which is a common way to present such data for comparison purposes.

Calculate the LWDI for a Firm That Has 15 Employees