An Examination of Mining Companies’ Online Health and Safety Policies: Implications for Improving Organizational Performance

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• Personal Author:
  Haas, Emily J. ; Ortiz N ; Ryan M ; Willmer DR
• Description:
  This study analyzed the publicly available health and safety policies of 26 mining companies to determine the quantity of health and safety (H&S) practices that mining companies encourage in relation to the Plan-Do-Check-Act cycle. A thematic content analysis of the policies identified elements and practices within the text. On average, companies communicated information on about 7 elements (range 1-14, standard deviation = 3.49) and discussed 15 practices (range 2-34, standard deviation = 9.13). The elements in which companies highlighted the most practices were risk management, emergency management, leadership development, and occupational health. A discussion of the policy trends shows areas that mine sites can improve upon within their Plan-Do-Check-Act cycle, in addition to encouraging the use of both leading and lagging indicators to manage health and safety performance. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Emergencies Hazardous Substances Health Promotion Mining Occupational Health Risk Assessment Safety Workplace
• Keywords:
  Emergency Management Hazard Communication Health Promotion Health Protection Health Standards Management Personnel Miners Mine Safety Mining-industry Occupational Health Occupational Safety And Health Policy Risk Management Safety Practices Supervisory Personnel Work Environment Work Operations Work Organization Work Practices

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• Series:
  Mining Publications
• Publisher:
  Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, Inc.
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Proceedings
• Place as Subject:
  Colorado ; Minnesota ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 5 ; OSHA Region 8 ; Pennsylvania
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  PMRD - Pittsburgh Mining Research Division
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-6
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20051347
• Citation:
  2018 SME Annual Meeting, February 25-28, 2018, Minneapolis, Minnesota, preprint 18-046. Englewood, CO: Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, Inc., 2018 Feb; :1-6
• Contact Point Address:
  E. J. Haas, NIOSH, Pittsburgh, PA
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2018
• NORA Priority Area:
  Mining
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  2018 SME Annual Meeting, February 25-28, 2018, Minneapolis, Minnesota, preprint 18-046
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:b085a0d19a1b9eada1e2bba7bf62828e1ff04ea52ed9764b87b5fb479b068ed5b42737758f1f491bad840bf4a25ca8f1748b008476e524aa40fd3e1eaac9addf
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/227657/cdc_227657_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 284.93 KB ]