Working in a Risky Environment: Coping and Risk Handling Strategies Among Small-scale Miners in Ghana

Working in a Risky Environment: Coping and Risk Handling Strategies Among Small-scale Miners in Ghana

Background: It is estimated that about 13 million artisanal and small-scale miners carry out their activities under harsh, precarious, unfriendly, and risky conditions. Yet, our understanding of the extent to which these workers use personal protective equipment (PPE) and navigate through the variou...

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Main Authors: Rejoice Selorm Wireko-Gyebi, Albert Abraham Arhin, Imoro Braimah, Rudith Sylvana King, Anne Mette Lykke
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-06-01
Series:Safety and Health at Work
Subjects:
Hazards
Personal protective equipment
Risk
Small-scale mining
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2093791122000269

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