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Mining Project: Economic Methods and Analyses Program
Keywords: Cost-benefit analysis Economics Fatality rates Injury rates
This page is archived for historical purposes and is no longer being maintained or updated.
Principal Investigator
Linda McWilliams -  Request informationStart Date
1/1/2013End Date
12/31/2013Objective
To develop an economics program to determine the economic consequences of occupational fatal and non-fatal injury on workers, their families, and employers and to use that information to improve program planning, intervention evaluation, and policy analysis.
Research Summary

This project had three research aims, as follows:
Develop a societal cost model tool for injuries, illnesses, and fatalities in the mining industry that can be used by researchers throughout the NIOSH Mining Program and MSHA.
Disseminate information on the societal burden of occupational injuries, illnesses, and fatalities in the mining industry.
Develop tools for individual employers to determine the business value for implementing occupational safety and health interventions.While it is apparent that occupational injuries have devastating economic effects on mine workers and their families, employers, and on social groups and communities, the nature of this impact has not been carefully studied. The primary purpose of this project was to identify the economic consequences of occupational injury.
This project resulted in draft economic tools to measure the burden of occupational injury and illness. These will be developed in other projects to measure the burden of fatal and non-fatal injuries and illnesses in the mining industry.

See Also
Data & Statistics
A Deeper Look at Contractor Injuries in Underground Coal Mines
Evaluation of the Black River Mine Telecommunication System
Independent Contractor Trends in the United States Mining Industry
The Influence of Seam Height on Lost-Time Injury and Fatality Rates at Small Underground Bituminous Coal Mines
Injuries, Illnesses, and Hazardous Exposures in the Mining Industry, 1986-1995: A Surveillance Report
Mining Fact Sheets
Potential of Roof Screening to Reduce Workers' Compensation Cost
Rib Falls: A Major Ground Control Issue
Surveillance & Statistics
Trends in Electrical Injury in the U.S., 1992-2002
Page last reviewed: October 22, 2016
Page last updated: October 22, 2016
Content source: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Mining Program
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