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Human health and safety in artisanal and small-scale mining: an integrated approach to risk mitigation by Smith, Nicole M., Ali, Saleem, Bofinger, Carmel, Collins, Nina

“…Artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) is a critical poverty reduction strategy for millions of people around the world; however, it is notoriously dangerous…”
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Investigating the Maturity of Incident Investigations of the Ghanaian Mining Industry and Its Effect on Safety Performance by Stemn, Eric, Bofinger, Carmel, Cliff, David, Hassall, Maureen

“…Effective incident investigations have been recognised as a vital means of improving safety. Nevertheless, there has been little attempt to link incident…”
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International evaluation of injury rates in coal mining: A comparison of risk and compliance-based regulatory approaches by Poplin, Gerald S., Miller, Hugh B., Ranger-Moore, James, Bofinger, Carmel M., Kurzius-Spencer, Margaret, Harris, Robin B., Burgess, Jefferey L.

“…It is unknown if either of the two dominant regulatory approaches commonly employed in the mining industry to oversee occupational health and safety is…”
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Examining the relationship between safety culture maturity and safety performance of the mining industry by Stemn, Eric, Bofinger, Carmel, Cliff, David, Hassall, Maureen E.

“…•This paper examined the relationship between safety culture and incidence rate of mines.•The safety culture maturity of the mines was determined through…”
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Systemic constraints to effective learning from incidents in the Ghanaian mining industry: A correspondence analysis and AcciMap approach by Stemn, Eric, Hassall, Maureen E., Bofinger, Carmel

“…[Display omitted] •Several constraints impedes the effectiveness of learning from incidents.•These constraints are systemic in nature with several cause-effect…”
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Failure to learn from safety incidents: Status, challenges and opportunities by Stemn, Eric, Bofinger, Carmel, Cliff, David, Hassall, Maureen E.

“…•This literature review highlights where breakdowns in learning from incidents occur.•The BTA method was applied as an analysis framework to distil collected…”
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Planning and implementing remedial measures from incident investigations: A study of the Ghanaian mining industry by Stemn, Eric, Hassall, Maureen E., Bofinger, Carmel

“…•The study examines the nature of past recommendations for accident prevention.•Past recommendations had a local view and several factors affected effective…”
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Incident investigators’ perspectives of incident investigations conducted in the Ghanaian mining industry by Stemn, Eric, Hassall, Maureen E., Cliff, David, Bofinger, Carmel

“…•Investigators had limited knowledge of causation models and investigation methods.•Some investigators lack formal training although they continue to…”
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Examining the relationship between safety culture maturity and safety performance of the mining industry by Stemn, Eric, Bofinger, Carmel, Cliff, David, Hassall, Maureen E

“…A mature safety culture is regarded as an important means of ensuring good safety performance, particularly in reducing accidents. However, there is little…”
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Assessing the Quality of Incident Investigations and its Effect on Safety Performance: a Study of the Ghanaian Mining Industry by Stemn, Eric, Hassall, Maureen E., Bofinger, Carmel, Cliff, David

“…Incident investigation is of utmost importance in most high-risk industries and is often used to improve organisational safety. This study was undertaken to…”
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Correction to: Assessing the Quality of Incident Investigations and its Effect on Safety Performance: a Study of the Ghanaian Mining Industry by Stemn, Eric, Hassall, Maureen E., Bofinger, Carmel, Cliff, David

“…In the published article, Fig. 1 and Fig. 2 are the same…”
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