Abstract
Mining is a high-risk industry that exposes operators and workers to a high level of occupational health and safety hazards caused by vehicle accidents, blasting, or collapse. This paper aims to analyse the serious and fatal accidents in Iran’s mines over a six-year period, from 2012 to 2017. The data sources were the statistical results of the occupational accidents reported by the National Statistical Centre of Iran and the importance measure of incidents defined by the questionnaires received from the mine safety and health experts. This research presents a model for the prioritization of the mining workplace based on the weighted injury risk of the occupational incidents in the mining industry. The results of this work show that the coal mines of Iran have the highest work-related incidence rate which requires special safety attention. Moreover, the total temporary disability risk is currently at the lowest level in all mining activities, while the fatality risk has significantly increased in the coal mines in recent years. The results obtained from this study are helpful to detect the dangerous mining workplaces and to protect workers from workplace hazards by considering the safety guidelines.
Highlights
Regarding the National Statistical Centre of Iran in 2019, there were more than five thousand active mines in Iran that employed more than nine thousand workers (NSCI 2019)
This paper studied the occupational accidents that occur during various mining operations in Iran to prioritize different mineral extraction sectors based on injury risk
By considering the importance weight of each consequence, obtained from the analytical hierarchy process, the weighted injury risk was calculated and mining activities were prioritized based on the overall injury risk
Summary
Regarding the National Statistical Centre of Iran in 2019, there were more than five thousand active mines in Iran that employed more than nine thousand workers (NSCI 2019). Operating a mine is a hazardous activity and exposes workers and operators to numerous accidents that threaten their health and safety. Undesirable consequences of incidents such as partial disability (PD), total temporary disability (TTD), and total permanent disability (TPD), or even fatality (FY) cannot be eliminated, and studying and analyzing the frequency and magnitude of incidents using quantitative or qualitative approaches is essential. It is noted that PD is a type of disability in which the workers are working in a lesser capacity due to their injury or injuries. In TTD cases, the worker is entirely unable to work for a period of time. TPD is a type of disability in which a worker cannot work any longer because of injuries
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