Deskilling, Job Control and Safety: Why Coal Miners Violate Safety Regulations
- 1 June 1988
- journal article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Labour and Industry
- Vol. 1 (2) , 322-334
- https://doi.org/10.1080/10301763.1988.10669047
Abstract
Conventional explanations of work accidents divide into two approaches: blaming-the-victim or blaming-the-system. Detailed observations and analyses of accidents in 26 underground mines in New South Wales suggest that there is a more complex pattern of miners' assertion of their tacit skills combining with managerial pressures.Keywords
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