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Scientific workplace 6 full3/16/2024 “We aimed to assist the West Australian mining industry in learning from past fatalities and to provide direction for controlling fatality risks in the future,” she said. Pathway 9: Poor management – worker communication and trustĮCU PhD candidate Tanya Jenke said the study could form as a blueprint for mining companies to ensure their worksites were as safe as possible. Pathway 4: Failures in safety management systems Pathway 1: Design, engineering, technical and maintenance flaws The study identified four of Quinlan’s pathways were regularly associated with WA mining deaths and are therefore a priority for action: Researchers then compared the questionnaire results to actual workplace fatalities to see if the way people perceived the injury risk at their workplace aligned with the results of the incidents. They used a questionnaire based on Professor Michael Quinlan’s 2014 book ‘Ten Pathways to Death and Disaster’, which outlines common risk factors for catastrophic work incidents. First, researchers surveyed more than 2000 mining company employees from 2017-2019 to gain their perceptions of workplace safety and injury risk. New research from Edith Cowan University (ECU) has identified some key causes of workplace fatalities in the Western Australian mining and resources sector, which could assist companies to reduce the number of workers injured on the job. Image: Researchers have identified areas mining companies can focus on to reduce on-site accidents.
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