ASSESSMENT OF SAFETY MANAGEMENT PRACTICES AT ANKONAM BOAFO MINE
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Subtitle: ASSESSMENT OF SAFETY MANAGEMENT PRACTICES AT ANKONAM BOAFO MINE
Author list: Suglo, Raymond
Publisher: Springer Verlag (Germany)
Publication year: 2015
Volume number: 4
Issue number: 6
Start page: 1442
End page: 1456
Number of pages: 15
ISSN: 1735-2630
Languages: English-United States (EN-US)
Abstract
Safety management practices are of profound concern in the mining industry asworkers can not give out their best when their working environment is not safe. Miningcompanies adopt a variety of practices to avert conditions which have the potential toadversely affect the health and safety of workers. This paper assesses the safety managementpractices at Ankonam Boafo Mine. The safety performance in the years 2010 and 2011 wereanalysed to determine how effective the safety management practices adopted at the minehave been. The results show that the mine has not been very successful since there areinstances where set targets of safety performance are exceeded. Infrequent safety auditingcauses workers to be off guard and lose safety consciousness with time, leading to pooradherence to stipulated safety management practices. Thus, it is necessary that safetymanagement practices are regularly and effectively reviewed and the necessary adjustmentsdone for higher safety performance in subsequent years. Frequent and unannounced safetyauditing would keep workers on their toes, and this will enhance strict compliance to safetypolicies for enhanced safety record.
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