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To evaluate how incorporating organizational risk factors and cross-industry safety practices can reduce persistent injury and fatality rates in mining operations.

May 10, 2017International Journal of Mining Science and TechnologyOpen Access

Organization: A new focus on mine safety improvement in a complex operational and business environment

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DKDragan KomljenovićHydro-Québec GLGeorges LoiselleManagement Support Technology (United States)MKMustafa KumralMcGill University

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Conceptual analysis demonstrates that addressing systemic organizational risks improves safety in mining operations, suggesting lessons from nuclear safety can prevent severe workplace accidents.

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To evaluate how incorporating organizational risk factors and cross-industry safety practices can reduce persistent injury and fatality rates in mining operations.
Analyzed systemic organizational risk frameworks and learning processes adapted from high-reliability industries such as nuclear power and aviation.
Assessed methodologies for integrating organizational performance factors into supervision, routine audits, change management, and low-level event investigations.
Mitigating immediate workplace hazards alone proves insufficient for reducing severe injuries without managing underlying organizational risk conditions.
Treating management oversight as a dynamic risk control system during minor incident investigations provides a viable mechanism for continuous safety improvement.

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Komljenović et al. (2017) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a72e28abfabfe3aef60d503 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmst.2017.05.006

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Conceptual analysis demonstrates that addressing systemic organizational risks improves safety in mining operations, suggesting lessons from nuclear safety can prevent severe workplace accidents.

Organization: A new focus on mine safety improvement in a complex operational and business environment

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Organization: A new focus on mine safety improvement in a complex operational and business environment

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