Safety and Health at Work Vol. 12 Issue 2 2021
Safety Culture: A Retrospective Analysis of Occupational Health and Safety Mining Reports (Original Article)
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Safety and Health at Work Vol. 12 Issue 2 2021
Safety Culture: A Retrospective Analysis of Occupational Health and Safety Mining Reports (Original Article)
Safety Culture: A Retrospective Analysis of Occupational Health and Safety Mining Reports (Original Article)
Subject
Accidents, Mining, Occupational health and safety (OHS), Post-investigation reports, Safety culture
Description
Background: In the mining industry, various methods of accident analysis have utilized official accident investigations to try and establish broader causation mechanisms. An emerging area of interest is identifying the extent to which cultural influences, such as safety culture, are acting as drivers in the
reoccurrence of accidents. Thus, the overall objective of this study was to analyze occupational health and safety (OHS) reports in mining to investigate if/how safety culture has historically been framed in the mining industry, as it relates to accident causation.
Methods: Using a computer-assisted qualitative data analysis software, 34 definitions of safety culture were analyzed to highlight key terms. Based on word count and contextual relevance, 26 key terms were captured. Ten OHS reports were then analyzed via an inductive thematic analysis, using the key terms. This analysis provided a concept map representing the 50-year data set and facilitated the use of text framing to highlight safety culture in the selected OHS mining reports.
Results: Overall, 954 references and six themes, safety culture, attitude, competence, belief, patterns, and norms, were identified in the data set. Of the 26 key terms originally identified, 24 of them were captured within the text. The results made evident two distinct frames in which to interpret the data: the role of the individual and the role of the organization, in safety culture.
Conclusion: Unless efforts are made to understand and alter cultural drivers and share these findings
within and across industries, the same accidents are likely to continue to occur.
reoccurrence of accidents. Thus, the overall objective of this study was to analyze occupational health and safety (OHS) reports in mining to investigate if/how safety culture has historically been framed in the mining industry, as it relates to accident causation.
Methods: Using a computer-assisted qualitative data analysis software, 34 definitions of safety culture were analyzed to highlight key terms. Based on word count and contextual relevance, 26 key terms were captured. Ten OHS reports were then analyzed via an inductive thematic analysis, using the key terms. This analysis provided a concept map representing the 50-year data set and facilitated the use of text framing to highlight safety culture in the selected OHS mining reports.
Results: Overall, 954 references and six themes, safety culture, attitude, competence, belief, patterns, and norms, were identified in the data set. Of the 26 key terms originally identified, 24 of them were captured within the text. The results made evident two distinct frames in which to interpret the data: the role of the individual and the role of the organization, in safety culture.
Conclusion: Unless efforts are made to understand and alter cultural drivers and share these findings
within and across industries, the same accidents are likely to continue to occur.
Creator
Emily J. Tetzlaff, Katie A. Goggins, Ann L. Pegoraro, Sandra C. Dorman, Vic Pakalnis, Tammy R. Eger
Publisher
Elsevier Korea LLC
Date
June 2021
Contributor
Sri Wahyuni
Format
PDF
Language
English
Type
Text
Coverage
Safety and Health at Work Vol. 12 Issue 2 2021
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Citation
Emily J. Tetzlaff, Katie A. Goggins, Ann L. Pegoraro, Sandra C. Dorman, Vic Pakalnis, Tammy R. Eger, “Safety and Health at Work Vol. 12 Issue 2 2021
Safety Culture: A Retrospective Analysis of Occupational Health and Safety Mining Reports (Original Article),” Repository Horizon University Indonesia, accessed November 21, 2024, https://repository.horizon.ac.id/items/show/2162.
Safety Culture: A Retrospective Analysis of Occupational Health and Safety Mining Reports (Original Article),” Repository Horizon University Indonesia, accessed November 21, 2024, https://repository.horizon.ac.id/items/show/2162.