## 1 Introduction
The division of the analyzed standards and directives is presented in Figure 2. Part of the presented standards are on a global scale, while others are related to the region of the European Union, but the figure also shows documents that are valid only in Poland. A detailed description of the standards is given in Appendix A, Table A1. The increasing importance of risk management in mining processes is also indicated by commercial reports prepared for the purpose of managing the mining sector. One such report is the _Mining Risk Review_, which is published by Willis Towers Watson. This report appeared for the first time in 2014, and since 2016 it has been published periodically every year. Each report deals with a different topic related to risk, but they all focus on emerging challenges for the mining sector and the threats therein. The list of topics covered in the years 2016-2019 is presented in Table 1. The second periodical risk report that deserves attention is the _Risk and Opportunities for Mining_ that has been appearing for two years, published by KPMG International [3,4]. These reports present the results of research on state of mining industry--risks and opportunities, key trends, and managers' expectations for their organizations. Figure 2: Classification of the main risk-related standards for the mining sector (where: (W)—global scope of application, (E)—standards applicable in Europe, (P)—standards applicable in Poland). The growing interest within the mining industry in issues related to risk assessment and management is also reflected in conducted scientific research. Therefore, in recent years, there have been more and more publications devoted to these issues. As a consequence, a large number of articles in a given area results in the appearance of review articles aimed at gathering, structuring and classifying knowledge about published scientific results. Analysis of publications from the last decade regarding literature reviews in the area of risk in the mining sector has allowed us to distinguish 20 articles. As well as standards, these articles can be thematically qualified into four groups: general, human factor, machine, and environment. The largest number of review articles concern research on the environmental impact of the mining sector [9; 10; 11; 12; 13; 14; 15; 16]. Comparable attention was paid by researchers to conduct reviews on the risks related to the human factor. For this area, six review papers have appeared in the last decade. Analyses of human factor research have focused primarily on issues related to human health and safety (including accidents) [17; 18; 19; 20] and work organization and team management [21; 22]. There is a visible lack of review articles in the area of risks associated with mining machinery. The analyses carried out allowed us to identify only two reviews of literature devoted to machinery, while taking into account the human factor issues [23; 24]. The remaining four review articles were classified as general as they did not concern any of the groups distinguished above and were more general in nature [25; 26; 27; 28]. Therefore, the aim of the article is to develop a literature review in the area of analysis, assessment and risk management in the mining sector, including: (1) biometric analysis of publications from the period 2010-2020 using the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) method, and (2) thematic analysis of the scope of analyzed publications, aimed at grouping research according to the adopted classification (human-machine-environment).