Changing Unsafe Behaviours

There are a range of very different initiatives which have and continue to be undertaken at various mines such as:

• The DuPont S.T.O.P. programme (Safety Training and Observation Programme)
• One mining company introduced a so called “Golden Wives” initiative focused on getting the wives of mineworkers involved in safety management.  Wives were introduced to the way safety should be managed, and even visited their husbands underground.  The programme focused on the importance of working safely, and creating just a little peer pressure in the home environment. 
• Safety culture surveys with the premise being the need to understand how the workforce perceives safety, so that appropriate interventions could be designed.

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