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  • Mining Engineering
  • Industrial Psychology

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  • The US mining industry is encouraged but not mandated to adopt formal health and safety management systems.
  • Previous studies indicate varying adoption challenges across mining subsectors.
  • Safety climate perceptions are crucial due to their link with management systems and incident prediction.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To assess differences in safety climate perceptions among US mining subsectors.
  • To determine if a uniform approach to safety management systems is suitable for all mining sectors.
  • To identify specific areas of safety climate that differ across coal, industrial mineral, and stone/sand/gravel mining.

Main Methods:

  • Survey assessing mineworkers' perceptions of safety climate constructs.
  • Data collected from 2945 mineworkers across 18 states in the USA.
  • Analysis using linear regressions to compare perceptions between mining subsectors.

Main Results:

  • Coal miners reported significantly less favorable perceptions on all measured organizational climate constructs compared to industrial mineral and stone/sand/gravel miners (p < 0.001).
  • These differences extended to organizational support, supervisor support and communication, coworker communication, engagement/involvement, and training.
  • Specifically, engagement, training, and communication practices were significantly lower among coal miners.

Conclusions:

  • A one-size-fits-all approach to health and safety management systems may not be effective in the mining industry.
  • Significant differences in safety climate perceptions necessitate tailored implementation strategies for different mining subsectors.
  • Targeted interventions focusing on engagement, training, and communication are needed to improve safety climate in the coal mining sector.