China Safety Science Journal ›› 2017, Vol. 27 ›› Issue (9): 152-157.doi: 10.16265/j.cnki.issn1003-3033.2017.09.026

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Miners' unsafe behavior cost and benefit factors recognition and analysis:based on grounded theory

LI Yan, YU Jinhui   

  1. School of Management,Xi'an University of Science & Technology,Xi'an Shaanxi 710054,China
  • Received:2017-06-25 Revised:2017-08-04 Online:2017-09-20 Published:2020-11-16

Abstract: The aim of this study was to explore the composition of cost of miners'unsafe behavior and that of benefit of it. 30 employees, including managerial personnel and industrial workers, of a coal enterprise in Shaanxi province were interviewed by means of field interview method based on the grounded theory. The data obtained from the interviews were coded. Then a conceptual model was built for identification of factors composing the cost and the benefit of the miners' unsafe behavior. The results show that safety consciousness, demographic factors, and situational factors have an important influence on the cost and the benefit, and that the cost includes the risk cost, the preparatory cost and the implementation cost , and the benefit includes the spiritual benefit and the material gain.

Key words: miner, cost-benefit analysis, grounded theory, unsafe behavior, conceptual model

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