The Effectiveness of Organization and Management Training on Safety and Productivity in Metal/Nonmetal Underground Mining

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• Personal Author:
  Bell CH Jr. ; Chemers MM ; Fiedler FE ; Patrick DM
• Description:
  A demonstration project on the feasibility and effectiveness of two management interventions-management training and organization development-for improving productivity and safety in metal and nonmetal mines was investigated. The management training intervention was conducted at Texasgulf Company's Trona Mine, using three nearby Trona mines as controls. The organization development intervention took place in Hecla Mining Company's Lucky Friday Mine, using the highly similar Star Mine as control. The two management interventions seemed about equally effective in reducing accidents and injuries, as well as Mine Safety and Health Administration citations, and the management intervention at the Texasgulf Mine also appeared to have led to substantial improvement in mine productivity. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Education Mining Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Accident Prevention Management Organizing Productivity Underground Mining
• Series:
  Mining Publications
• Subseries:
  Open File Report
• Publisher:
  U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Conference Publications ; Final Contract Report
• Place as Subject:
  California ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 6 ; OSHA Region 9 ; Pennsylvania ; Texas
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  PRC - Pittsburgh Research Center
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-296
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:10004334
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB85-163285
• Citation:
  Pittsburgh, PA: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, OFR 191-84, 1983 Oct; :1-296
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1984
• Performing Organization:
  Perceptronics, Inc., Woodland Hills, CA
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Pittsburgh, PA: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, OFR 191-84
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:fe7ef00f56403cfd42fd74e73c938da24dbca594f3f0369524936740a67e46ba3d3306a17a6c3b9655994d66cf916566de7c950b3cd01747e9eb2032c2c863ee
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/206747/cdc_206747_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 8.69 MB ]