Question: A study of nonfatal occupational injuries in the United States found that about 31% of all injuries in the service sector involved the back. The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) recommended conducting a comprehensive ergonomics assessment of jobs and workstations. In response to this information, Mark Glassmeyer developed a unique ergonomic handcart to help field service engineers be more productive and also to reduce back injuries from lifting parts and equipment during service calls. Using a sample of 382 field service engineers who were provided with these carts, Mark collected the following data:
Year 1 Year 2
(without Cast) (with Cart)
Average can time 8.27 hours 7.98 hours
Standard deviation 1.38 hours 1.21 hours
call time
Proportion of back 0.018 0.010
injuries
Find 95% confidence intervals for the average call times and proportion of back injuries in each year. What conclusions would you reach based on your results?