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Published on: January 20, 2026
Rate of occupational accidents in the mining industry since 1950--a successful approach to prevention policy
Joachim Breuer1, Eva-Marie Höffer, Walter Hummitzsch
1Bergbau-Berufsgenossenschaft, Munscheidtstrasse 18, D-44789 Bochum, Germany. e.hoeffer@bergbau-bg.de
Abstract:
This paper deals with the decrease in the rate of accident insurance claims in the German mining industry over the last five decades. It intends to show that this process is above all the result of a prevention policy where companies and the body responsible for the legal accident insurance in the mining industry, the Bergbau-Berufsgenossenschaft (BBG), work hand in hand. A system like the German accident insurance scheme, combining prevention, rehabilitation, and compensation, enables successful and modern safety and health measures.
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