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:

Find 95% confidence intervals for the difference in average call times and difference in proportion of back injuries. What conclusions would you reach?

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Year 1 (Without Cart) Average call time Standard deviation call time Proportion of back injuries Year 2 (With Cart) 8.05 hours 1.39 hours 0.018 0.01 7.84 hours 1.34 hours