Heinrich Revisited: A New Data-Driven Examination of the Safety Pyramid

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• Personal Author:
  Bell JL ; Greenawald LA ; Haas, Emily J. ; Moore SM ; Yorio, Patrick L.
• Description:
  Although researchers have struggled to replicate Heinrich's safety triangle findings (Heinrich 1931) for various reasons (e.g., no access to his original database and it is unclear if the database was of a single establishment/operation or for an entire industry), the occupational safety community has continued to adopt and expand the applications of this theory (e.g., McSween 2003). Within the mining industry, the potential exists for operations and companies to use concepts from the safety triangle as a way to inform or challenge the practices employed within their health and safety management systems (HSMS) to prevent incidents (Backlund 2016). This paper considers data obtained from the Mine Safety and Health Administration's databases and demonstrates the validity of applying the safety triangle theory at the mine level. The results support the use of this theory and demonstrate that lower severity incidents can predict fatalities in a subsequent year where significant nuances and caveats to applying the theory are identified and discussed. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Database Environmental Exposure Health Promotion Mining Mortality Occupational Health Preventive Medicine Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety

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• Keywords:
  Accidents Author Keywords: Heinrich Safety Triangle Databases Exposure Levels Fatalities Health Programs Injuries Injury Prevention Mine Safety Mine Safety And Health Administration Mining Industry Mining Injury Prevention Models MSHA Predictive Safety Modeling Preventive Measures Proactive Mining Safety Practices Risk Factors Safety Practices Safety Programs

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• ISSN:
  2524-3462
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; Pennsylvania ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  NPPTL - National Personal Protective Technology Laboratory ; DSR - Division of Safety Research
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  37
• Issue:
  6
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20060530
• Citation:
  Min Metall Explor 2020 Dec; 37(6):1857-1863
• Contact Point Address:
  Susan M.Moore, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Personal ProtectiveTechnology Laboratory, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 626 Cochrans Mill Road, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
• Email:
  SMMoore@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:
  urn:sha-512:e1473ff5dde773a01ed8639acb7c417ecea01c027f6f7da87e7ae2eee76ed81a8bfd145dc474052513be9c1f46a9827d14ff5e1c38a3f5d28274b47ed600c3fa
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/224399/cdc_224399_DS1.pdf
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