Organizational and methodological toolkit for improving the safety of labour processes in coal strip mines
O.I. Cherskikh1, A.M. Makarov2 , A.S. Dovgenok2, 3
1 East Mining Company LLC, Moscow, Russian Federation
2 Research Institute of Efficiency and Safety of Mining Production, Chelyabinsk, Russian Federation
3 Chelyabinsk branch of the Institute of Mining of Ural Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Chelyabinsk, Russian Federation
Russian Mining Industry №1 / 2025 p. 109-117
Abstract: The article presents an organizational and methodological toolkit, which is based on understanding of the occurrence patterns of adverse events. With respect to the labour safety this pattern looks in the following way: effect (hazardous production situations and negative events) ← cause (quality of the organizational and managerial activities and the labour process) ← original cause (professional skills of the manager). The toolkit includes the following techniques: 1 - identification and assessment of the risk level regarding the emergence and development of typical hazardous production situations; 2 - creation of registers of hazardous production situations; 3 - assessment of the labour processes quality; 4 - assessment of the personnel's predisposition to risky behaviour; 5 - organization of the personnel's work during a shift; 6 - assessment of the quality of organizational and managerial activities; 7 - an algorithm for a manager to develop a program to enhance his/her activities. Mastering the tools in practice allows the interested manager to form and maintain the labour process within the acceptable risk parameters. This toolkit has been tested at the operations of the East Mining Company and can be recommended for application in coal strip mines.
Keywords: coal strip mine, labour process, labour safety, organizational and methodological toolkit
For citation: Cherskikh O.I., Makarov A.M., Dovgenok A.S. Organizational and methodological toolkit for improving the safety of labour processes in coal strip mines. Russian Mining Industry. 2025;(1):109–117. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.30686/1609-9192-2025-1-109-117
Article info
Received: 21.11.2024
Revised: 09.01.2025
Accepted: 16.01.2025
Information about the authors
Oleg I. Cherskikh – Cand. Sci. (Eng.), Deputy General Director for Production, East Mining Company LLC, Moscow, Russian Federation; e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Alexander M. Makarov – Dr. Sci. (Eng.), Professor, Executive Director, Research Institute of Efficiency and Safety of Mining Production, Chelyabinsk, Russian Federation; e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Alexander S. Dovgenok – Dr. Sci. (Eng.), Chief Scientific Officer, Chelyabinsk branch of the Institute of Mining of Ural Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences; Leading Researcher, Research Institute of Efficiency and Safety of Mining Production, Chelyabinsk, Russian Federation; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9725-4733; e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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