Safety vs. Productivity and Other Factors in US Underground Coal Mines

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• Personal Author:
  Grayson, R. Larry
• Description:
  Based on the relationships between severity measure vs. productivity and other factors, this paper presents a comprehensive analysis of US underground coal mine injuries in 1996 by mine size. From the 1996 data, it was concluded that, generally, the larger the mine, the more productive it is (in tons per employee-hour) but the more severe is its injury experience (r = 0.65). However, within very large, large and medium mines, the more productive the mine, the less severe is its injury experience (r = -0.43, -0.36 and -0.26, respectively). For small and very small mines, a deeply nested analysis would be required to understand relationships. Other interesting relationships and comparisons are presented. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Mining Occupational Health Occupational Injuries Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Workplace
• Keywords:
  Mine-disasters Mine-workers Miners Mining-industry Occupational-accidents Risk-analysis Risk-factors Work-areas Work-environment Work-operations Worker-motivation

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• Series:
  Mining Publications
• ISSN:
  0026-5187
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  District of Columbia ; OSHA Region 3 ; Pennsylvania
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  OD - Office of the Director ; PRL - Pittsburgh Research Laboratory
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  41-44
• Volume:
  53
• Issue:
  8
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20033083
• Citation:
  Min Eng 2001 Aug; 53(8):41-44
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2001
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  Mining Engineering
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:0afb2a350a3dfa64ac09968fc9f33b9bc0dce284e6dde458d7fbc21fb88b1047f79b3d3afb240b87bc0f9e16ddce2ed0c61adecd8a3bb23a361e8690f31fd4cc
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/226883/cdc_226883_DS1.pdf
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