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Government regulation of occupational safety: underground coal mine accidents 1973-75.

Author(s) -

Leslie I. Boden

Publication year - 1985

Publication title -

american journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284

H-Index - 264

eISSN - 1541-0048

pISSN - 0090-0036

DOI - 10.2105/ajph.75.5.497

Subject(s) - coal mining , incentive , enforcement , environmental health , government (linguistics) , fatal accident , occupational safety and health , mine safety , coal , forensic engineering , poison control , business , environmental science , engineering , waste management , medicine , political science , law , economics , linguistics , philosophy , microeconomics

The purpose of this paper is to determine the influence of federal mine safety inspections on underground coal mine accidents. An economic incentives model is developed to relate federal enforcement activities to accident rates. The determinants of accident rates are analyzed for 535 coal mines during the period 1973-75. Estimates based on these data when applied to the model indicate that increasing inspections by 25 per cent would have produced a 13 per cent decline in fatal accidents and an 18 per cent decline in disabling accidents.

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