Document Type : Research Paper
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If we consider accidents in mines and mining industries, through a system perspective, we will attain a better understanding of the nature and the causes of these accidents. Some of the inputs of our industries are: human resources, technology, and financial resources. Shortages in any one of these resources will have impact upon our working environment and may cause accidents in workplace. Hazardous conditions, unsafe act, old methods & techniques, shortage of skills, know-hows, unsafe equipment and tool, are some of the positive entropies in our mining industries. Managers should eliminate, control and minimize hazardous conditions and they are obliged to provide negative entropies in order to minimize the occupational accident. Employees should have access to a safe place to work, safe tools & equipment, knowledge of overt and covert hazards, competent fellow employees and supervisors, and the means to ensure that the rules and regulations are observed. In order to meet these serious obligations, managers should view the whole issue through a system perspective and use system approach to minimize the unsafe conditions and maximize the occupational safety.
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