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 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.
Breuer
Joachim
J
Bergbau-Berufsgenossenschaft, Munscheidtstrasse 18, D-44789 Bochum, Germany. e.hoeffer@bergbau-bg.de
Höffer
Eva-Marie
EM
Hummitzsch
Walter
W
D000056:Accident Prevention; D000062:Accidents, Occupational / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000639:trends*; D005858:Germany / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D007346:Insurance, Accident; D008906:Mining / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D016272:Occupational Health / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*