Psychological, behavioral, and organizational factors affecting coal miner safety and health.

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• Personal Author:
  Grether CB ; Pfeifer CM Jr. ; Stefanski JL
• Description:
  A wide scale survey was carried out to determine the psychological, behavioral and organization variables which may have an impact on safety and health in the mines. Fifteen pairs of mines were selected for inclusion in the survey, with one high-accident mine and one low-accident mine in each pair. Responses of personnel in high-accident mines were compared with responses of personnel in low- accident mines. Separate survey instruments were developed for use with each of seven distinct samples: underground miners, above- ground miners, union officials, foremen, safety directors, managers, and miners' wives. Survey results indicated that a number of alternative strategies are worth exploring in an attempt to further reduce accidents an/ illness in the coal industry. These strategies include organizational development techniques, work organization, training, behavioral programs to increase the frequency of safe job behaviors, redesign of safety equipment, improvements in company safety programs, and programs to reduce occupational stress. (Contract No. 099-72-0151) [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Coal Coal Mining Mental Health Mining Occupational Health Occupational Injuries Safety Safety Management

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• Keywords:
  Accident-potential Accident-prevention Accident-proneness Coal-mining Contract-099-72-0151 Industrial-health-programs Mental-processes NIOSH-Publication Occupational-accidents Psychological-factors Safety-attitudes Safety-engineering Safety-measures Safety-personnel Safety-training Work-planning

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• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Contract
• Genre:
  Final Contract Report
• Place as Subject:
  Maryland ; OSHA Region 3
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00068654
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB-275599
• Citation:
  Westinghouse Behavioral Services Center, Columbia, Maryland, Technical Report BSC-5 1976 Jul; :1-316
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1976
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Westinghouse Behavioral Services Center, Columbia, Maryland, Technical Report BSC-5
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:a961bc08758a69739b1fb563dee81e1e4d2ec00f01475fe4154ccaca1faa78460f55d3f2d8a5d295a0f298e6ecee3e010548328b4e8030d751f3530552e48a06
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/184141/cdc_184141_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 9.18 MB ]