Number of reported incidents to the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazards Investigation Board, by day:

15-Oct 5 16-Oct 0 17-Oct 0 18-Oct 4 19-Oct 2 20-Oct 1 21-Oct 2 22-Oct 7 23-Oct 1 24-Oct 0 25-Oct 1 26-Oct 2 27-Oct 5 28-Oct 10 29-Oct 2 30-Oct 1 31-Oct 1 01-Nov 1 02-Nov 3 03-Nov 1 04-Nov 5 05-Nov 2 06-Nov 1 07-Nov 3 08-Nov 2 09-Nov 2 10-Nov 2 11-Nov 1 12-Nov 0 13-Nov 1 14-Nov 0 15-Nov 3 16-Nov 1 17-Nov 3 18-Nov 1 19-Nov 2 20-Nov 1 21-Nov 1 22-Nov 0 23-Nov 0 24-Nov 2 25-Nov 1 26-Nov 0 27-Nov 2 28-Nov 1 29-Nov 1 30-Nov 4 01-Dec 1 02-Dec 4 03-Dec 1 04-Dec 0 05-Dec 0 06-Dec 1 07-Dec 0 08-Dec 3 09-Dec 3 10-Dec 0 11-Dec 2 12-Dec 2 13-Dec 2 14-Dec 4 15-Dec 4 16-Dec 3 17-Dec 3 18-Dec 1 19-Dec 2 20-Dec 2 21-Dec 3 22-Dec 2 23-Dec 2 24-Dec 3 25-Dec 0 26-Dec 2 27-Dec 1 28-Dec 0 29-Dec 3 30-Dec 2 31-Dec 1 01-Jan 1 02-Jan 2 03-Jan 0 04-Jan 0 05-Jan 3 06-Jan 5 07-Jan 4 08-Jan 4 09-Jan 1 10-Jan 4 11-Jan 3 12-Jan 5 13-Jan 6 14-Jan 3 15-Jan 2 16-Jan 2 17-Jan 1

I had MS Excel make a trend line for the above data (3,4,7, and 12-day moving average) and there doesn't seem to be a visible increase in the number of reported incidents since January 1, 2000.

There is some upward momentum starting at the end of the first week of January, but we would need more data (perhaps 1-2 more months worth) to begin to form a hypothesis.

Chemical Incident Reports Center at http://www.chemsafety.gov/circ/

-- Antoine (metis@2000now.org), January 19, 2000

Answers

Nice work!!!!! Keep it up!!

-- Bud Hamilton (budham@hotmail.com), January 20, 2000.