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Table 6 Turnover in Hourly-Rated KNR Employees: 1951–68*

From: New views on the hypothesis of respiratory cancer risk from soluble nickel exposure; and reconsideration of this risk's historical sources in nickel refineries

Year

As of Jan. 1

During Calendar Year

Percent Leavinga

  

Total

Hired

1. Left

 

1951

795

1,250

455

419

51.5

1952

831

1,791

960

757

81.2

1953

1,034

1,951

917

841

78.5

1954

1,110

2,206

1,096

961

81.6

1955

1,245

2,165

920

902

71.9

1956

1,263

2,250

987

951

74.2

1957

1,299

2,111

812

878

69.4

1958

1,233

1,577

344

415

34.7

1959

1,162

1,440

278

317

27.7

1960

1,123

1,591

468

445

39.2

1961

1,146

1,733

587

547

46.9

1962

1,186

1,602

416

455

39.0

1963

1,147

1,319

172

304

28.1

1964

1,015

1,261

246

178

17.0

1965

1,083

1,684

601

612

56.8

1966

1,072

1,617

545

564

53.1

1967

1,053

1,447

394

463

45.5

1968

984

1,506

522

452

44.4

1969

1,054

1,809

755

708

67.2

Avg

1,097

1,701

604

588

53.0

SD

133

315

279

238

19.7

  1. * Table X (revised) in Thornhill (1986) [F2]. a Number of men leaving expressed as a percentage of the average number of employees at start and end of year, except for the 1969 estimate, which is based on Jan. 1st total. Avg: Average. SD: Standard deviation.