Evaluating Targeted Intervention on Coal Miners’ Unsafe Behavior

Ruipeng Tong, Yanwei Zhang, Yunyun Yang, Qingli Jia, Xiaofei Ma and Guohua Shao
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Ruipeng Tong: School of emergency management and safety engineering, China University of Mining and Technology (Beijing), Beijing 100083, China
Yanwei Zhang: School of emergency management and safety engineering, China University of Mining and Technology (Beijing), Beijing 100083, China
Yunyun Yang: School of emergency management and safety engineering, China University of Mining and Technology (Beijing), Beijing 100083, China
Qingli Jia: School of emergency management and safety engineering, China University of Mining and Technology (Beijing), Beijing 100083, China
Xiaofei Ma: School of emergency management and safety engineering, China University of Mining and Technology (Beijing), Beijing 100083, China
Guohua Shao: School of emergency management and safety engineering, China University of Mining and Technology (Beijing), Beijing 100083, China

IJERPH, 2019, vol. 16, issue 3, 1-16

Abstract: Miners’ unsafe behavior is the main cause of roof accidents in coal mines, and behavior intervention plays a significant role in reducing the occurrence of miners’ unsafe behavior. However, traditional behavior intervention methods lack pertinence. In order to improve the intervention effect and reduce the occurrence of coal mine roof accidents more effectively, this study proposed a targeted intervention method for unsafe behavior. The process of targeted intervention node locating was constructed, and based on the analysis of 331 coal mine roof accidents in China, three kinds of targeted intervention nodes were located. The effectiveness of targeted intervention nodes was evaluated by using structural equation model (SEM) through randomly distributing questionnaires to miners of Pingdingshan coal. The results show that, in preventing roof accidents of coal mines, the targeted intervention nodes have a significant positive impact on the intervention effect. The method can also be applied to the safety management of other industries by adjusting the node location and evaluation process.

Keywords: unsafe behavior; targeted intervention; coal miners; safety management (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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