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In recent years, many mining companies have adopted formal systems for the management of health and safety. An example is the CORESafety system from the National Mining Association (NMA 2017). This study conducted research to analyze the intervention effectiveness of safety health and management systems (SHMSs) in the United States mining industry. Intervention effectiveness of management systems is determined by first reviewing and characterizing the SHMS as described by mine management, and second, by visiting the mine site, interviewing personnel from all occupational areas, and distributing a written survey to all possible company employees. After these two steps, the data are analyzed statistically and subjectively to determine the system's effectiveness. This thesis presents the process of using quantitative and qualitative data to assess the impacts of SHMSs (safety and health management systems) on the United States mining industry, with a specific focus on demonstrating compliance with MSHA regulations. The author intends to find, by assessing and analyzing these aspects, that they will be related. The research objectives are as follows: 1.Visit seven mine sites in the United States and administer a standard SHMSsurvey to mine employees to collect qualitative data in the form of responses tothe survey. 2.Collect quantitative MSHA data for each mine site from the MSHA onlinedatabase, including operator and contractor injury rates and citation rates. 3.Enter the survey response data and MSHA data into an Access database forsimple retrieval. 4.Perform statistical analysis of the data set, using factor analysis, Cronbach's alphatest, Bartlett's test of sphericity, and the Kaiser Meyer Olkin test on the data set. 5.Construct frequency plots from survey data. 6.Find correlations and statistical significance between MSHA injury and citationrates and employee views of their company's SHMS. |
