Maintenance Human Factors in the South African Mining Industry

Tlatso Mayeza () and Rina Peach ()
Additional contact information
Tlatso Mayeza: University of Pretoria
Rina Peach: University of Pretoria

A chapter in Human-Centred Technology Management for a Sustainable Future, 2024, pp 217-225 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract The majority of research on maintenance human factors was done in the aviation and energy industries. Studies done in the mining industry have focused more on operational human factors than maintenance-related human factors. This study aimed to determine the significant maintenance human factors that affect the quality of maintenance done in the mining industry and recommend actions to mitigate these factors. A conceptual model was developed for this study based on the key points from the literature review and propositions made. Two questionnaires were developed to survey management and skilled employees working in South Africa's mining industry. The maintenance human factors, Shortage of Labour, Lack of Resources, Time/Pressure to Complete Work, High Workload, Not Following Procedure and Poor Supervision were identified to significantly impact the quality of maintenance in the South African mining industry.

Keywords: Maintenance; Human factors; Mining; South Africa (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it.

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:spr:prbchp:978-3-031-72486-2_23

Ordering information: This item can be ordered from
http://www.springer.com/9783031724862

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-72486-2_23

Access Statistics for this chapter

More chapters in Springer Proceedings in Business and Economics from Springer
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Sonal Shukla () and Springer Nature Abstracting and Indexing ().