Identifying Risk Factors from MSHA Accidents and Injury Data Using Logistic Regression

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• Personal Author:
  Amoako R ; Brickey A ; Buaba J
• Description:
  This study applies a machine-learning technique known as multiclass logistic regression on a 10-year injury dataset from the U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) to determine miners' susceptibility to injury and to help identify significant risk factors associated with different classes of injury. The analysis identifies specific risk factors that influence a mineworker's susceptibility to a given class of injury: nonfatal with no days lost or restricted activity; nonfatal with days lost and/or days of restricted work activity; and fatal and total permanent or partial permanent disability. These factors include miner's age, mine type (coal versus noncoal), experience on the current job (years), shift start time, employment type (operator versus contractor), mining district and type of accident. The results of the analysis indicate that a miner's experience on the job (the number of years worked in a current job) is a significant risk to injury occurrence, even for those with decades of total mining experience. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Epidemiology Mining Mortality Occupational Health Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety
• Keywords:
  Accident Statistics Author Keywords: Machine Learning Fatalities Injuries Logistic Regression Mine Fatalities Mining Industry Risk Factors Work Experience
• ISSN:
  0026-5187
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Contract
• Genre:
  Abstract or Summary
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 8 ; South Dakota
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  50-51
• Volume:
  73
• Issue:
  6
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20063181
• Citation:
  Min Eng 2021 Jun; 73(6):50-51
• Email:
  Andrea.Brickey@sdsmt.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2021
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  Mining Engineering
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:c576686f8cfe53d106afa86c89e5637e6d39453f14fc7551a55b0fc57e98d450b85109534a785cdc664e318fef56521fabf0a9e7274dd2f5867c29faa0cda6f2
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/226289/cdc_226289_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 235.50 KB ]