Examining Trends in Individual Risk Factors: Organizational Approaches to Emergency Management

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• Personal Author:
  Haas, Emily J. ; Hoebbel, Cassandra L. ; Ryan, Margaret E.
• Description:
  It has been suggested that effective disaster prevention and response in mining requires that elements of emergency management be incorporated into everyday operations, planning, and decision-making, much in the same way that the industry approaches routine risk management. Since Congress passed the MINER Act in 2006, the newly mandated structural and technological advancements in mine emergency response preparation have been made and are apparent, but measureable improvement in mineworker emergency preparedness is difficult to ascertain. To begin exploring whether measurable indicators of mine workforce preparedness can or should be addressed within a risk management framework, NIOSH researchers examined the datasets from two separate research efforts - one which measured the organizational safety climate and self-reported safety performance, and the other which measured individuals' perceptions of their own self-escape competency. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Behavior Disaster Planning Emergencies Mining Occupational Health Risk Assessment Safety
• Keywords:
  Emergency Egress Emergency Management Emergency Preparedness Emergency Response Legislation Mine Escapes Miners Mine Workers Mining Industry Performance Capability Regulations Risk Management Safety Climate Safety Practices SCSR Self Contained Self Rescuers Underground Mining Workforce Development Work Organization

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• Series:
  Mining Publications
• Publisher:
  Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, Inc.
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Proceedings
• Place as Subject:
  Colorado ; OSHA Region 3 ; 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:
  1-9
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20056018
• Citation:
  2019 SME Annual Meeting, February 24-27, 2019, Denver, Colorado, preprint 19-059. Englewood, CO: Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, Inc., 2019 Feb; :1-9
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2019
• NORA Priority Area:
  Mining
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  2019 SME Annual Meeting, February 24-27, 2019, Denver, Colorado, preprint 19-059
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:dd5122511c7c66581cd3e6a1b249461486cea38f7da5adcfa231f898513cf1600625a5420e338f85e00c02700a3f66de918b90c834c8e49616ac102495b89620
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/227859/cdc_227859_DS1.pdf
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