Search for dissertations about: "mining safety"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 42 swedish dissertations containing the words mining safety.

2. 1. Safety management on multi-employer worksites : Responsibilities and power relations in the mining industry

   Author : Magnus Nygren; Lena Abrahamsson; Mats Jakobsson; Johan Sanne; Luleå tekniska universitet; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Arbetsvetenskap; Human Work Sciences;

   Abstract : The focus of this thesis is on the division of legal responsibilities for occupational safety management on multi-employer worksites in the mining industry. The empirical basis is a study conducted between 2013 and 2016 consisting of interviews and observations focusing on primarily managers, supervisors, coordinators and safety specialists from a Swedish mining company and a number of its contractors. READ MORE

4. 2. 'Soft' Questions in a 'Hard' Industry? : Sociotechnical Problems of the Mining Industry

   Author : Joel Lööw; Jan Johansson; Margareta Oudhuis; Luleå tekniska universitet; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Arbetsvetenskap; Human Work Sciences;

   Abstract : The workplaces of mining industry fail to attract the skills and competences that the industry needs for maintaining its production and, in particular, tackling its future challenges. Some of the challenges that face the mining industry are technical and call for technical solutions: deeper and poorer ore deposits, greater environmental requirements, and lower ore prices, for example. READ MORE

5. 3. Analytical tools and information-sharing methods supporting road safety organizations

   Author : Imad Abugessaisa; Erland Jungert; Kenneth Asp; Åke Sivertun; Josef Mikulik; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Visual data mining; STRADA; GLOBESAFE; Conceptual model; System thinking; Internet GIS; Computer science; Datavetenskap;

   Abstract : A prerequisite for improving road safety are reliable and consistent sources of information about traffic and accidents, which will help assess the prevailing situation and give a good indication of their severity. In many countries there is under-reporting of road accidents, deaths and injuries, no collection of data at all, or low quality of information. READ MORE

6. 4. Learning from miners' risk management : a case study from the Swedish mining industry

   Author : Jaffar Kavian-Lanjani; Luleå tekniska universitet; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Teknisk psykologi; Engineering Psychology;

   Abstract : This historical - empirical case study deals with miners' collective safety and risk management of an occupational lung disease (Silicosis) at Laisvall lead mine from 1943-1953. About 45 miners contracted the disease and the deaths of 25 are documented. READ MORE

7. 5. Corporate Social Responsibility practice in the mining industry

   Author : Helena Ranängen; Annik Magerholm Fet; Luleå tekniska universitet; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Environmental Management; Miljöledning;

   Abstract : Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has frequently been discussed throughout the years. However, in the 1990s criticism of multinational companies and their production in developing countries resulted in new and more demanding requirements from society. READ MORE