Government regulation of occupational safety: Underground coal mine accidents 1973-75

L.I. Boden

American Journal of Public Health, 1985, vol. 75, issue 5, 497-501

Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to determine the influence of federal mine safety inspections on underground coal mine accidents. An economic incentives model is developed to relate federal enforcement activities to accident rates. The determinants of accident rates are analyzed for 535 coal mines during the period 1973-75. Estimates based on these data when applied to the model indicate that increasing inspections by 25 per cent would have produced a 13 per cent decline in fatal accidents and an 18 per cent decline in disabling accidents.

Date: 1985
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DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.75.5.497

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