Title: Identifying the indicators influencing zero accident vision through social network analysis: case study in a mine

Authors: Mahboubeh Es'haghi; Asgar Nikravesh; Hamzeh Allah-Bakshi; Hamdollah Yarahmadi; Esmaeil Poursheikhali

Addresses: Student Research Committee, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran; Department of Occupational Health Engineering and Safety at Work, Faculty of Public Health, Kerman University of Medical Science, Kerman, Iran ' HSE Department, Golgohar Mining and Industrial Company, Kerman, Iran ' HSE Department, Golgohar Mining and Industrial Company, Kerman, Iran ' HSE Department, Golgohar Mining and Industrial Company, Kerman, Iran ' HSE Department, Golgohar Mining and Industrial Company, Kerman, Iran

Abstract: This study implemented a zero accident vision (ZAV) project based on the precept that all accidents are preventable. One crucial question was, 'What indicators contribute to achieving the ZAV? ' The Delphi technique was utilised to reach a consensus on the indicators. We were also interested to discover which indicators are more important to achieving the ZAV's objective. Thus, the degree of centrality (out/in) focuses on relationships between each pair of indicators. The findings of this research led to identifying 31 lagging and leading indicators. In this technique, indicators with the highest out-degrees such as management commitment and supervisors' activities have more power to affect others in the ZAV process. In addition, indicators with the highest in-degree are more under the effects of others in the system, which fewer attempts can achieve. This research was the starting point of a long-term study in the mining company to strive for zero fatalities and create a preventive culture through ZAV goals.

Keywords: mining industry; lagging and leading indicators; degree centrality; zero accident vision; ZAV.

DOI: 10.1504/IJMME.2022.129526

International Journal of Mining and Mineral Engineering, 2022 Vol.13 No.3, pp.185 - 204

Received: 22 Jun 2022
Accepted: 29 Sep 2022
Published online: 13 Mar 2023 *

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