Dublin Core
Title
The influence of accident manuals on the effectiveness of accident investigations–An analysis of accident management documents of Ghanaian mines
Creator
Eric Stemn, Theophilus Joe-Asare
Description
Accident investigations are mostly driven by policies and procedures laid down in an organisation’s incident management document. Such document determines the objective, scope, direction and focus of the investigation, and therefore influence the effectiveness of the investigation. This research sought to examine accident management documents and determine their effects on the effectiveness of investigation in Ghanaian mines. Twelve documents were collected from five large-scale Ghanaian mines and analysed using an integration of inductive and deductive approaches. The documents were analysed based on three major evaluation criteria, namely, the system of investigation, investigation process/activities and characteristics of the method investigation. Results showed that, when investigating an incident, all the mines focused on identifying the problem, with limited focus on proposing and implementing …
Publisher
Elsevier
Date
2021
Source
https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=view_citation&hl=en&user=4--inMwAAAAJ&citation_for_view=4--inMwAAAAJ:2osOgNQ5qMEC
Language
English