Ajith Michael M, Ghosh Apurna K, Jansz Janis
Department of Mining Engineering and Metallurgical Engineering, Western Australian School of Mines, Curtin University, Locked Bag 30, Kalgoorlie, 6433, Australia.
Department of Occupational and Environmental Safety and Health, School of Public Health, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.
Saf Health Work. 2020 Mar;11(1):50-60. doi: 10.1016/j.shaw.2020.01.001. Epub 2020 Jan 18.
The relationship between risk factors and likelihood of occupational injury has been studied. However, what has been published has only provided a limited explanation of why some of the employees working in the same environment as other employees suffered a single-injury event, while other employees experienced multiple-injury events. This article reports on an investigation of whether artisanal and small-scale miners in Migori County of Kenya are susceptible to a single-injury or multiple-injury incidences, and if so, what underpinning parameters explain the differences between the single incident injured and the multiple incident injured group. Mine management commitment to safety in artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) operations is also considered.
The research objectives were achieved by surveying 162 uninjured and 74 injured miners. A structured, closed-end questionnaire was administered to participants after the stratification of the study population and systematic selection of the representative samples.
The results showed that most injured miners suffer a single-injury incident rather than experiencing multiple-injury events, and laceration (28.40%) was the common injury suffered by the miners. The analysis showed that the risk factors for the single incident injured group were not similar to those in the multiple incident injured group. The research also found mine workers have low opinion about mine management/owners commitment to safety.
The study concluded that mine management and miners need to be educated and sensitized on the dangers of this operation. Provision of safety gears and positive safety culture must be a top priority for management.
风险因素与职业伤害可能性之间的关系已得到研究。然而，已发表的内容仅对为何在同一环境中工作的部分员工遭遇单次伤害事件，而其他员工经历多次伤害事件提供了有限的解释。本文报告了一项关于肯尼亚米戈里县个体和小规模矿工是否易遭受单次伤害或多次伤害事件的调查，若如此，哪些基础参数可解释单次受伤组和多次受伤组之间的差异。同时也考虑了矿山管理层对个体和小规模采矿（ASM）作业安全的承诺。
通过对162名未受伤矿工和74名受伤矿工进行调查来实现研究目标。在对研究人群进行分层并系统选取代表性样本后，向参与者发放了一份结构化的封闭式问卷。
结果显示，大多数受伤矿工遭遇的是单次伤害事件而非多次伤害事件，矿工最常遭受的伤害是撕裂伤（28.40%）。分析表明，单次受伤组的风险因素与多次受伤组不同。研究还发现矿工对矿山管理层/业主对安全的承诺评价较低。
该研究得出结论，矿山管理层和矿工需要接受关于此项作业危险的教育并提高认识。提供安全装备和积极的安全文化必须是管理层的首要任务。
