Safety Culture Assessment in Underground Coal Mining

摘要

This report describes the results of a pilot Safety Culture Assessment implemented at a small Appalachian underground coal mine, hereafter referred to as the Mine. The purposes of this pilot assessment were to (1) evaluate the feasibility and usefulness of a methodology for assessing safety culture that had previously been developed for use within other industries, (2) to initiate an investigation into the understanding and defining of the existing safety culture of the underground coal mining industry, and (3) provide meaningful and useful recommendations for the participating mine for their consideration in their ongoing quest to enhance their existing safety culture. This pilot assessment was conducted in July 2007. The report provides information regarding the presence or absence of safety culture characteristics within the Mine. Observations regarding the characteristics of the Mines safety culture that should be sustained are presented. Areas in need of attention and management focus to improve the Mines safety culture are presented as well as recommendations for moving forward.