Severity Rate 3
Severity Rate 3 : (Insur; Safety) The total days charged for work injuries per 1,000,000 employee-hours of exposure. Days charged include actual calendar days of disability resulting from temporary total injuries and scheduled charges for deaths and permanent disabilities. These latter charges are based on 6000 days for a death or permanent total disability, with proportionately fewer days for permanent partial disabilities varying in degrees of seriousness