Rate of occupational accidents in the mining industry since 1950—a successful approach to prevention policy

This paper deals with the decrease in the rate of accident insurance claims in the German mining industry over the last five decades. It intends to show that this process is above all the result of a prevention policy where companies and the body responsible for the legal accident insurance in the m...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of safety research 2002, Vol.33 (1), p.129-141
Hauptverfasser:	Breuer, Joachim, Höffer, Eva-Marie, Hummitzsch, Walter
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Accident insurance Accident Prevention Accidents at work Accidents, Occupational - prevention & control Accidents, Occupational - trends Germany - epidemiology Humans Insurance claims Insurance, Accident Mining - statistics & numerical data Mining industry Occupational accidents Occupational Health - statistics & numerical data Occupational safety Prevention Safety and health Statistics workers' compensation
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Zusammenfassung:	This paper deals with the decrease in the rate of accident insurance claims in the German mining industry over the last five decades. It intends to show that this process is above all the result of a prevention policy where companies and the body responsible for the legal accident insurance in the mining industry, the Bergbau-Berufsgenossenschaft (BBG), work hand in hand. A system like the German accident insurance scheme, combining prevention, rehabilitation, and compensation, enables successful and modern safety and health measures.
ISSN:	0022-4375 1879-1247
DOI:	10.1016/S0022-4375(02)00009-9