Safety in the mining industry and the unfinished legacy of mining accidents: Safety levers and defense-in-depth for addressing mining hazards

Safety Science

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 764-777

  Saleh, Joseph H ^a   Cummings, Amy M ^a  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Accidents; Defense in depth; Explosions; Mining industry

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT RATE; ACCIDENT SCENARIOS; DEFENSE IN DEPTH; INFORMED DECISION; INITIATING EVENTS; MINING ACCIDENT; MINING INDUSTRY; MINING SAFETY; MINING SYSTEMS; NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION; SAFETY BARRIERS; SAFETY PRINCIPLE; SYSTEM APPROACH; UNDERGROUND COAL MINE;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENTS; COAL MINES; DISASTER PREVENTION; EMPLOYMENT; EXPLOSIVES; INDUSTRY; MINE EXPLOSIONS; MINING MACHINERY;

EXPLOSIONS;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; DISASTER; EXPLOSION; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; MINING; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; ORGANIZATION; PHENOMENOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STATISTICS;

EID: 79955661681     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2011.02.017     Document Type: Review

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