A safety self-management intervention for mining operations.

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PROBLEM:
This quasi-experimental field study examined the efficacy of a safety self-management process to increase safety-related work practices in mining operations.

METHODS:
After a 7-week baseline, 15 miners participated in a safety self-management training and education presentation. The participants in a prebehavior condition (n=8) recorded their intentions to engage in specific percentages of safety-related work behaviors before starting their shift for the day. In contrast, participants in a postbehavior condition (n=7) recorded their percentages of safety-related work behaviors after their shift for the day.

RESULTS:
During withdrawal (4 weeks), the miners did not complete any self-monitoring forms. Based on 10,905 behavioral observations, safety self-management was effective at increasing the frequency of safety-related behavior (p<.05). For the prebehavior condition, the mean percent safe score across three target behaviors increased 34.8% during intervention. Similarly, in the postbehavior condition, the mean percent safe score across three target behaviors increased 40.1% during intervention.

IMPACT ON INDUSTRY:
The results suggest that employees who work in relative isolation or have little oversight, compared to traditional industrial workers, may benefit from a process by which they can systematically observe themselves.

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Author information

Author/s: Hickman, Jeffrey S (JS); Geller, E Scott (ES);

Affiliation: Center for Applied Behavior Systems, 202 Williams Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061-0436, USA. jehickman(-atsign-)vt.edu

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Journal: Journal of safety research (J Safety Res), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2003-; vol 34 (issue 3) : pp 299-308

Dates: Created 2003/09/09; Completed 2003/10/21; Revised 2006/11/15;

PMID: 12963076, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/6/2008)

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Comments and Corrections

ErratumIn: J Safety Res. 2003;34(5):605.

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