Competencies for the Competent Person: Defining Workplace Examiner Competencies from the Health and Safety Leader’s Perspective

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• Personal Author:
  Eiter BM ; Hrica JK
• Description:
  The ability to identify hazards during a workplace examination is a critical skill for mineworkers to have in order to maintain a safe workplace. While research suggests that being able to successfully recognize hazards requires a complex set of competencies, it is unclear which competencies are most critical to adequately perform a workplace examination. This paper presents a hazard recognition competencies framework as an explanation of the competencies that affect mineworker hazard recognition. To better understand how the industry is selecting and preparing workplace examiners, researchers from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) interviewed nine health and safety (H&S) professionals at surface stone, sand, and gravel mine sites throughout the United States. A primary purpose of these interviews was to verify the competencies included in the hazard recognition competencies framework and to understand why these competencies are critical. Finally, the results of this study are presented within the context of current NIOSH research findings related to hazard recognition. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Environmental Exposure Environmental Pollution Hazardous Substances Mining Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Safety Workplace
• Keywords:
  Accident Prevention Curriculum Development Environmental Hazards Hazard Identification Hazard Recognition Hazards Job Analysis Miners Mines Occupational Hazards Occupational Safety Professional Workers Safety Education Safety Personnel Safety Research Work Analysis Work Environment Worker Safety Work Performance

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• Series:
  Mining Publications
• Publisher:
  Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Proceedings
• Place as Subject:
  Arizona ; Colorado ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 8 ; OSHA Region 9 ; Pennsylvania
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  PMRD - Pittsburgh Mining Research Division
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-6
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20059702
• Citation:
  MineXchange: 2020 SME Annual Conference & Expo, February 23-26, 2020, Phoenix, Arizona, preprint 20-017. Englewood, CO: Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration, 2020 Feb; :1-6
• Contact Point Address:
  J. K. Hrica, NIOSH Pittsburgh Mining Research Division, Pittsburgh, PA 15236, USA
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2020
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  MineXchange: 2020 SME Annual Conference & Expo, February 23-26, 2020, Phoenix, Arizona, preprint 20-017
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:2a30981e234134d863e11df8941ab611010f5f5e52ec39bfe1cadc4324d1b68fed30371daaaf56fed22e51acfa8eb1dc5aecbffef16f31964560e2da17e52b4d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/215271/cdc_215271_DS1.pdf
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