Identify the Influence of Risk Attitude, Work Experience, and Safety Training on Hazard Recognition in Mining

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• Personal Author:
  Bellanca, Jennica L. ; Eiter BM
• Description:
  Mineworkers face a challenging and dynamic work environment every workday. To maintain a safe workplace, mineworkers must be able to recognize worksite hazards while they perform their jobs. Though hazard recognition is a critical skill, recent research from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) indicates that mineworkers fail to identify a significant number of hazards. To further the understanding of mineworkers' hazard recognition ability and to begin to address hazard recognition performance, NIOSH researchers analyzed data collected during a laboratory research study to determine the effect of individual mineworker factors including risk attitude, work experience, and safety training on hazard recognition accuracy. The results of this study show that mineworker risk attitude and safety-specific work experience affect hazard recognition performance while hazard-specific safety training does not. These results suggest that some of these individual factors can be overcome through experience and training. Potential strategies that can be used to address these factors are also discussed. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Behavior Education Hazardous Substances Mining Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Staff Development Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Attitude Author Keywords: Hazard Recognition Experience Hazard Identification Hazard Recognition Hazards Health Hazards Miners Mine Safety Mine Workers Occupational Hazards Performance Capability Risk Factors Risk Tolerance Safety Education Task Performance Training Work Environment Worker Safety Work Experience

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• Series:
  Mining Publications
• ISSN:
  2524-3462
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; Pennsylvania
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  PMRD - Pittsburgh Mining Research Division
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  37
• Issue:
  6
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20060842
• Citation:
  Min Metall Explor 2020 Dec; 37(6):1931-1939
• Contact Point Address:
  Brianna M. Eiter, Spokane Mining Research Division, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 626 Cochrans Mill Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15236, USA
• Email:
  viy3@cdc.gov
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2021
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/215367/cdc_215367_DS1.pdf
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