Evaluating Targeted Intervention on Coal Miners' Unsafe Behavior

Ruipeng Tong; Yanwei Zhang; Yunyun Yang; Qingli Jia; Xiaofei Ma; Guohua Shao

doi:10.3390/ijerph16030422

Evaluating Targeted Intervention on Coal Miners' Unsafe Behavior

Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2019 Feb 1;16(3):422. doi: 10.3390/ijerph16030422.

Authors

Ruipeng Tong¹, Yanwei Zhang², Yunyun Yang³, Qingli Jia⁴, Xiaofei Ma⁵, Guohua Shao⁶

Affiliations

¹ School of emergency management and safety engineering, China University of Mining and Technology (Beijing), Beijing 100083, China. [email protected].
² School of emergency management and safety engineering, China University of Mining and Technology (Beijing), Beijing 100083, China. [email protected].
³ School of emergency management and safety engineering, China University of Mining and Technology (Beijing), Beijing 100083, China. [email protected].
⁴ School of emergency management and safety engineering, China University of Mining and Technology (Beijing), Beijing 100083, China. [email protected].
⁵ School of emergency management and safety engineering, China University of Mining and Technology (Beijing), Beijing 100083, China. [email protected].
⁶ School of emergency management and safety engineering, China University of Mining and Technology (Beijing), Beijing 100083, China. [email protected].

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: coal miners; safety management; targeted intervention; unsafe behavior.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Accident Prevention / methods*
Accidents, Occupational / prevention & control
Accidents, Occupational / statistics & numerical data
China
Coal Mining*
Health Risk Behaviors / physiology*
Humans
Miners / psychology*
Models, Statistical
Occupational Health*
Safety Management / methods