Identifying Risk Factors among New and Inexperienced Miners for Surface Mining Accidents
Publication: Computing in Civil Engineering 2023
ABSTRACT
Surface miners are exposed to a variety of hazards due to the dynamic working environment. Lack of proficiency in job skills and unfamiliarity with workplaces make new and inexperienced miners (NIMs) more vulnerable to many accidents. The accidents of NIMs are outcomes of miner demographic characteristics, miner activities interacting with the various workplace environmental influences. In order to reduce and prevent injuries among NIMs, this study aims to investigate the characteristics that can influence the accident of NIMs. A logistic regression model was employed to identify the hazard factors from historical accident data. The results show that the miner’s age, occupations, time of day, types of mining, mine machines, miner activities, and nature of injury are the important impact factors for the NIMs’ accidents. The findings of this study can help develop effective and targeted safety precautions and training for NIMs in the surface mining industry.
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Computing in Civil Engineering 2023
Pages: 590 - 597
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Published online: Jan 25, 2024
ASCE Technical Topics:
- Accidents
- Age factors
- Analysis (by type)
- Business management
- Disaster risk management
- Disasters and hazards
- Engineering fundamentals
- Equipment and machinery
- Freight transportation
- Infrastructure
- Logistics
- Personnel management
- Practice and Profession
- Public administration
- Public health and safety
- Regression analysis
- Safety
- Statistical analysis (by type)
- Transportation engineering
- Workplace diversity
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