Benchmarking the 'status of safety': Safety risks, practices and beliefs in developing countries

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The purpose of this research was to gather information about the risks, practices and beliefs in companies across developing countries engaged in mining or associated activities. This information can then be used to identify areas of safety that require targeted training interventions as well as providing initial benchmarks that can be used by regulators and training agencies.Data was collected using the International Safety Survey, a survey that assesses 17 distinct factors contributing to safety at the individual, team and organisational level. The results from the survey showed respondents from all countries identified a large number of risks as being present in their worksite. Besides the most common risks present in the mining sector in Western countries, a number of risks specific to mining in developing countries were also identified, such as: hygiene and sanitation, poor working conditions and the adequacy of safety equipment and protocols.

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