Older Workers: Asset or Liability for Your Company? The Case Study of Metal and Non-Metal Mines

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• Personal Author:
  Haight JM ; Ismail M ; Nasir M
• Description:
  This study was conducted to analyze the relationships of various demographic metrics associated with fatal accidents in metal and non-metal mines between 2002 and 2006 in the United States of America. Three demographic factors - 1) age of the miner, 2) job experience and 3) the number of employees in the mine were investigated. ANOVA was used to analyze the statistical relationships between these factors and the fatal accidents. The analysis found that workers who were involved in the fatal accidents were more likely to belong to the same Age group and Experience group - for example, younger workers with the least experience and older workers with the most experience. Most fatalities came from mines with less than 50 employees. Workers between the ages of 17 and 24 had the highest rate of fatalities per 100,000 workers (47.37 fatalities per 100,000 workers), followed by workers over the age of 55 (32.38 fatalities per 100,000 workers). For the risk index (RI), workers between the ages of 17 and 24 had a RI of 1.92. The RI indicates that workers in this age group had a higher risk of being involved in fatalities than any other age groups. Workers over the age of 55 had the second highest RI (1.33) which also indicates high risk. The largest class of fatal injuries in metal and non-metal mines was powered haulage, followed by machinery, fall of material, and fall of person. Aging workers and those workers with less than 5 years of experience represented the largest percentage of fatalities involving powered haulage. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accidental Falls Accidents Accidents, Occupational Aging Demography Environmental Exposure Mining Mortality Occupational Health Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Age Groups Demographic Characteristics Employees Exposure Levels Falling Objects Falls Fatalities Haulage Vehicles Machinery Metal Mining Miners Mining Industry Risk Factors Statistical Analysis Work Environment Workers

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• Series:
  Mining Publications
• Publisher:
  American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE)
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Proceedings
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; Pennsylvania
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  OMSHR - Office of Mine Safety and Health Research
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20054637
• Citation:
  Safety 2010: Proceedings of the 2010 ASSE Professional Development Conference and Exposition 2010, June 13-15, 2010, Baltimore, Maryland. Park Ridge, IL: American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE), 2010 Jun; :731
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2010
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Safety 2010: Proceedings of the 2010 ASSE Professional Development Conference and Exposition 2010, June 13-15, 2010, Baltimore, Maryland
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:39d9b8a6af6493d852ff0e855a12ae7d117e81d0f6269df32eb6e2eaa96a53a7cac6bb5f6af1616e85c8c1936c13676009b08594582c1192ca01e5ef8ed6f67d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/227829/cdc_227829_DS1.pdf
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