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Distinctive Model of Mine Safety for Sustainable Mining in Pakistan

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The concept of mine safety is highlighted in the literature of sustainable mining but not extensively discussed. This study analyzes various aspects of underground and surface mine safety and emphasizes its importance in the context of sustainable mining. More specifically, this research attempts to find the relationship between mine hazards and demographic characteristics, examine and compare the perceptual difference among miners, and determine the impact of mine hazards on workplace safety and safety climate. Descriptive analysis, chi-square test, independent samples t test, and linear regression modeling were conducted to achieve study objectives. Results confirmed that mine hazards were significantly associated with age and experience. Miners perceived lower levels of management safety practices, followed by supervisor safety, coworker safety, and job safety. The analysis showed that underground miners reported lower safety scores than surface miners. There was a statistically significant difference between miners’ perception of safety climate (p < 0.05). The results showed that the higher prevalence of mine hazards predicts poor workplace safety and a low safety climate. The regression models revealed that mine hazards have a significant effect on workplace safety (p < 0.05) and safety climate (p < 0.05). In conclusion, the distinctive model of mine safety presented here contributes to the monitoring and design of comprehensive safety interventions and helps to better understand how certain factors interact on multiple levels to influence the overall safety of the industry. In this study, some suggestions are put forward to provide directions to develop a sustainable mine safety system.

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Acknowledgments

The authors are grateful to mine enterprises and mining workers for their cooperation during the fieldwork.

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This study was supported by the Independent Research Project of State Key Laboratory of Coal Resources and Safe Mining, China University of Mining and Technology (SKLCRSM18X001).

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  1. School of Mines, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou, China

    Izhar Mithal Jiskani, Qingxiang Cai, Wei Zhou, Zhiguo Chang, Ebelia Manda & Xiang Lu

  2. State Key Laboratory of Coal Resources and Safe Mining, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou, China

    Izhar Mithal Jiskani, Qingxiang Cai, Wei Zhou, Ebelia Manda & Xiang Lu

  3. School of Mining and Geological Engineering, Xinjiang Institute of Engineering, Urumqi, China

    Zhiguo Chang

  4. Department of Mining Engineering, Mehran University of Engineering and Technology, Jamshoro, Pakistan

    Saleem Raza Chalgri

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Izhar Mithal Jiskani designed and conceptualized the study, wrote the manuscript, and performed the analyses. Cai Qingxiang and Wei Zhou supervised the project and obtained funding. Saleem Raza Chalgri assisted in data collection and drafting. Zhiguo Chang, Ebelia Manda, and Xiang Lu performed the analysis and interpreted the results in consultation with Izhar Mithal Jiskani. All the authors provided critical feedback, significantly contributed to the research, and approved the final manuscript.

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Jiskani, I.M., Cai, Q., Zhou, W. et al. Distinctive Model of Mine Safety for Sustainable Mining in Pakistan. Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration 37, 1023–1037 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42461-020-00207-8

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