Defining hazard from the mine worker's perspective.

B. Eiter, C. Kosmoski, Blaine P. Connor
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In the recent past, the mining industry has witnessed a substantial increase in the numbers of fatalities occurring at metal and nonmetal mine sites, but it is unclear why this is occurring. One possible explanation is that workers struggle with identifying worksite hazards and accurately assessing the associated risk. The purpose of this research was to explore this possibility within the mining industry and to more fully understand stone, sand and gravel (SSG) mine workers' thoughts, understandings and perceptions of worksite hazards and risks. Eight mine workers were interviewed and asked to identify common hazards they come across when doing their jobs and to then discuss their perceptions of the risks associated with those identified hazards. The results of this exploratory study indicate the importance of workers' job-related experience as it applies to hazard identification and risk perception, particularly their knowledge of or familiarity with a task, whether or not they had personal control over that task, and the frequency with which they perform that task.
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从矿工的角度定义危险。
在最近的过去,采矿业目睹了金属和非金属矿场的死亡人数大幅增加,但目前尚不清楚为什么会发生这种情况。一种可能的解释是,工人们很难识别工作场所的危险并准确评估相关风险。本研究的目的是在采矿业中探索这种可能性,并更全面地了解石、沙和砾石(SSG)矿工对工地危害和风险的想法、理解和看法。8名矿工接受了采访,并被要求确定他们在工作中遇到的常见危险,然后讨论他们对与这些已确定的危险相关的风险的看法。这项探索性研究的结果表明,工人的工作相关经验的重要性,因为它适用于危险识别和风险感知,特别是他们的知识或熟悉的任务,他们是否有个人控制的任务,以及他们执行该任务的频率。
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