Exploring Worker Experience as a Predictor of Self-Reported Routine and Nonroutine Safety Performance in the Mining Industry

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• Personal Author:
  Haas, Emily J. ; Hoebbel, Cassandra L. ; Ryan, Margaret E.
• Description:
  Researchers examined datasets from two separate studies that measured common demographic variables but different safety performance outcome variables. Of specific interest was how types of experience might relate to workers' preparedness to effectively mitigate or respond to both routine and nonroutine risk in the mining industry. The results suggest that individual factors such as length of job, industry, and mine experience are predictive of routine safety performance - as measured by self-reported proactive and compliant safety behaviors - and/or nonroutine safety performance - as measured by perceived competence in self-escape knowledge, skills and abilities (KSAs) - in significant and sometimes unexpected ways. The results provide insight into the usefulness of examining individual mineworker characteristics to design and target interventions for both low-frequency/high-severity events - such as mine emergencies and disasters - and higher-frequency/lower-severity events - such as near misses and nonrecordable incidents - with an emphasis on continuous engagement of mineworkers across various levels of job, and mine site and industry experience. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Demography Emergencies Mining Occupational Health Risk Assessment Safety
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Mining Demographic Characteristics Emergency Response Mine Disasters Mine Workers Mining Industry Risk Management Safety Practices Worker Experience Worker Safety Work Experience

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• Series:
  Mining Publications
• ISSN:
  0026-5187
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Abstract or Summary
• 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:
  55-57
• Volume:
  74
• Issue:
  5
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20065315
• Citation:
  Min Eng 2022 May; 74(5):55-57
• Email:
  Choebbel@cdc.gov
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2022
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  Mining Engineering
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:3881ee1bd54ed9501079fc8466fb1c353b83cdc0265e928bee70f6b271ca948de044be71f641530435e4667da51988ae40a30d12af699f3696127e0919076bde
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/215524/cdc_215524_DS1.pdf
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