Use of Cognitive Task Analysis to Inform Future Research and Identify Solutions for Haul Truck Safety

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• Personal Author:
  Bellanca, Jennica L. ; Benbourenane I ; Hrica JK ; Missildine W ; Orr, Timothy J.
• Description:
  Each year, haul truck accidents account for a large portion of mining injuries and fatalities. To better understand why these accidents continue to occur, researchers from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) utilized a cognitive task analysis methodology to identify the user requirements of surface haul truck operators and assess differences in perceptions between operators, managers, health and safety professionals, trainers, and maintenance personnel. Additionally, researchers used the critical decision method to focus on better understanding the cognitive demands, decision-making, and problem solving during nonroutine incidents. The preliminary results of this study identify and explore themes within the broad categories of hazards, skills & expertise, and training and provide detailed accounts of nonroutine incidents such as near-misses, loss of control, and collisions. These accounts reveal insights into operator decision making and event progressions that can then be used to build more realistic training scenarios and address hidden hazards and root causes of these incidents. These results, along with potential solutions offered by study participants, can inform future research and help identify creative interventions that can be used by mine operators to address haul truck safety issues. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Environmental Exposure Mining Mortality Occupational Health Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Staff Development Workplace
• Keywords:
  Accidents Coal Mines Environmental Exposure Equipment Operators Fatalities Haulage Vehicles Hazards Health Protection Injuries Job Analysis Longwall Mining Miners Mining Industry Risk Assessment Risk Factors Training Truck Drivers Trucking Underground Miners Underground Mines Underground Mining Work Environment Workers

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• Series:
  Mining Publications
• ISBN:
  9781713845089
• Publisher:
  Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration (SME)
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Proceedings
• Place as Subject:
  California ; Colorado ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 8 ; OSHA Region 9 ; Pennsylvania ; Utah
• 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:
  37-43
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20065286
• Citation:
  MineXchange: 2022 SME Annual Conference and Expo, February 27-March 2, 2022, Salt Lake City, Utah, preprint 22-009. Englewood, CO: Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration, 2022 Feb; :37-43
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2022
• NORA Priority Area:
  Mining
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  MineXchange: 2022 SME Annual Conference and Expo, February 27-March 2, 2022, Salt Lake City, Utah, preprint 22-009
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/215510/cdc_215510_DS1.pdf
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