Works
- Industrial Accident Prevention: A Scientific Approach, McGraw-Hill, 1931
In Thinking Tools
Known for
An American safety pioneer at Travelers Insurance whose 1931 book set out the domino sequence of accident causation and the ratio of 300 no-injury accidents to 29 minor and one major injury, known as Heinrich's law.
Caveat: His accident ratios have been criticized for the values given to each category and for steering prevention toward minor injuries.