Exploring Worker Experience as a Predictor of Routine and Non-Routine Safety Performance Outcomes in the Mining Industry

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• Personal Author:
  Haas, Emily J. ; Hoebbel, Cassandra L. ; Ryan, Margaret E.
• Description:
  In recent years, there has been increasing interest in the role that individual factors play in health and safety (H&S) outcomes in the mining industry. Two surveys, one measuring self-reported routine safety performance and one measuring individual perceived competence in the non-routine knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs) critical to emergency response, were administered to two samples of mine workers in separate research studies over a 2-year period (N=2,020 and 696, respectively). Eight demographic items were common to both surveys and their associations with each performance outcome were tested in response to a series of exploratory research questions. Signifcant relationships were found between both safety outcome variables and individual factors, including the length of experience in current job, current mine, and mining industry, as well as participant workgroup and work schedule. Notably, the length of experience in the mining industry was the only variable signifcantly associated with both routine and non-routine safety performance. This analysis suggests that individual factors such as length of job, industry, and mine experience are predictive of routine and/or non-routine safety performance outcomes in signifcant and sometimes unexpected ways. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Emergencies Mining Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Mining Emergency Response Mine Safety Mine Workers Mining Industry Worker Experience Work Experience Work Practices
• Series:
  Mining Publications
• ISSN:
  2524-3462
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  New York ; OSHA Region 2 ; OSHA Region 3 ; Pennsylvania
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  PMRD - Pittsburgh Mining Research Division ; NPPTL - National Personal Protective Technology Laboratory
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  485-494
• Volume:
  39
• Issue:
  2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20064413
• Citation:
  Min Metall Explor 2022 Apr; 39(2):485-494
• Contact Point Address:
  Cassandra L. Hoebbel, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Pittsburgh Mining Research Division, 626 Cochrans Mill Rd, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
• Email:
  Choebbel@cdc.gov
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2022
• NORA Priority Area:
  Mining
• 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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