Safety Culture: A Retrospective Analysis of Occupational Health and Safety

Although substantial progress has been made in the control of
occupational health and safety (OHS) hazards in mining, the in-
dustry still accounts for 8% of fatal accidents at work [1], and similar
accidents and disasters continue to reoccur at mine sites around the
world. In the mining industry, accidents and disasters are distin-
guished based on the presence of an incubation period that allows
for the accumulation of a series of unnoticed events and typically
results in an event in which five or more persons lose their lives
[2,3].