Eight years experience with injuries and workmen's compensation in the sugar estates of British Guiana (abstract only)

ABSTRACT

On a group of sugar estates having an average daily labour force of 3,400, over the period 1953-1959, a total of 14,493 injuries at work claiming to be entitled to workmen's compensation, have been reported. Of these 80 percentreceived workmen's compensation. This resulted in the loss of 225,805 working days or 1 day lost for every 381/2 man-days worked and to an average of 91/2 days per year for each worker employed (AU)