Safety and Health at Work Vol. 11 Issue 1 2020
Risk Factors for the Number of Sustained Injuries in Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining Operation (Original Article)
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Safety and Health at Work Vol. 11 Issue 1 2020
Risk Factors for the Number of Sustained Injuries in Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining Operation (Original Article)
Risk Factors for the Number of Sustained Injuries in Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining Operation (Original Article)
Subject
Incidence, Logistic model, Miners, Occupational injuries, Risk factors
Description
Background: The relationship between risk factors and likelihood of occupational injury has been
studied. However, what has been published has only provided a limited explanation of why some of the
employees working in the same environment as other employees suffered a single-injury event, while other employees experienced multiple-injury events. This article reports on an investigation of whether artisanal and small-scale miners in Migori County of Kenya are susceptible to a single-injury or multiple-injury incidences, and if so, what underpinning parameters explain the differences between the single incident injured and the multiple incident injured group. Mine management commitment to safety in artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) operations is also considered.
Materials and methods: The research objectives were achieved by surveying 162 uninjured and 74
injured miners. A structured, closed-end questionnaire was administered to participants after the stratification of the study population and systematic selection of the representative samples.
Results: The results showed that most injured miners suffer a single-injury incident rather than experiencing multiple-injury events, and laceration (28.40%) was the common injury suffered by the miners. The analysis showed that the risk factors for the single incident injured group were not similar to those in the multiple incident injured group. The research also found mine workers have low opinion about mine management/owners commitment to safety.
Conclusion: The study concluded that mine management and miners need to be educated and sensitized on the dangers of this operation. Provision of safety gears and positive safety culture must be a top priority for management.
studied. However, what has been published has only provided a limited explanation of why some of the
employees working in the same environment as other employees suffered a single-injury event, while other employees experienced multiple-injury events. This article reports on an investigation of whether artisanal and small-scale miners in Migori County of Kenya are susceptible to a single-injury or multiple-injury incidences, and if so, what underpinning parameters explain the differences between the single incident injured and the multiple incident injured group. Mine management commitment to safety in artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) operations is also considered.
Materials and methods: The research objectives were achieved by surveying 162 uninjured and 74
injured miners. A structured, closed-end questionnaire was administered to participants after the stratification of the study population and systematic selection of the representative samples.
Results: The results showed that most injured miners suffer a single-injury incident rather than experiencing multiple-injury events, and laceration (28.40%) was the common injury suffered by the miners. The analysis showed that the risk factors for the single incident injured group were not similar to those in the multiple incident injured group. The research also found mine workers have low opinion about mine management/owners commitment to safety.
Conclusion: The study concluded that mine management and miners need to be educated and sensitized on the dangers of this operation. Provision of safety gears and positive safety culture must be a top priority for management.
Creator
Michael M. Ajith, Apurna K. Ghosh, Janis Jansz
Publisher
Elsevier Korea LLC
Date
March 2020
Contributor
Sri Wahyuni
Format
PDF
Language
English
Type
Text
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Safety and Health at Work Vol. 11 Issue 1 2020
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Citation
Michael M. Ajith, Apurna K. Ghosh, Janis Jansz, “Safety and Health at Work Vol. 11 Issue 1 2020
Risk Factors for the Number of Sustained Injuries in Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining Operation (Original Article),” Repository Horizon University Indonesia, accessed March 14, 2025, https://repository.horizon.ac.id/items/show/1977.
Risk Factors for the Number of Sustained Injuries in Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining Operation (Original Article),” Repository Horizon University Indonesia, accessed March 14, 2025, https://repository.horizon.ac.id/items/show/1977.