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2020 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

Investigating Collective Mindfulness in Mining: A Prospective Study in High-Reliability Organizations

Authors : Manikam Pillay, Michael Tuck, Karen Klockner

Published in: Advances in Human Error, Reliability, Resilience, and Performance

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

Mining is an important contributor to the social and economic fabric of our society. However, it continues to be regarded as one of the most dangerous industries. Compared to manufacturing, mining is more complex, which can pose additional challenges for mining and safety managers in terms of achieving sustainable safety outcomes. More advanced approaches are required. This paper first discusses the state of mining safety in Australia, followed by an examination of some of the complexities that characterizes the industry. It then introduces High-reliability organizations and Collective mindfulness as an advanced organizational safety management strategy that can be used to achieve sustainable safety improvement. A pragmatist research framework and two organizational theories follow this, which can be used to inform further research in these fields. The paper concludes with a research proposition which can be used to empirically investigate these concepts in mining organizations.

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Metadata
Title
Investigating Collective Mindfulness in Mining: A Prospective Study in High-Reliability Organizations
Authors
Manikam Pillay
Michael Tuck
Karen Klockner
Copyright Year
2020
Book
Advances in Human Error, Reliability, Resilience, and Performance

Print ISBN: 978-3-030-20036-7

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-030-20037-4

Copyright Year: 2020

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-20037-4_1