Generation paths of major production safety accidents — A fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis based on Chinese data

Major production safety accidents have become the key obstacle to improve the overall safety production level. Analyzing the causal relationship of major production safety accidents is helpful to clarify its characteristics and laws. Based on the literature, the analytical framework of “individual -...

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Main Authors: Fujun Zhou, Jian Zhang, Cheng Fu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Public Health
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1136640/full
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description Major production safety accidents have become the key obstacle to improve the overall safety production level. Analyzing the causal relationship of major production safety accidents is helpful to clarify its characteristics and laws. Based on the literature, the analytical framework of “individual - technology - management - environment” is proposed. Taking 37 production safety accidents as samples, fuzzy set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA) is used to analyze the occurrence path and mechanism of major production safety accidents. The results show that: (1) Major production safety accidents are the result of multiple factors coupling. Minor external supervision or abnormal production behaviors are more likely to cause major production safety accidents. (2) When the production behavior is abnormal and the safety management ability is insufficient, major production safety accidents are more likely to occur. (3) There are five ways and three mechanisms for major production safety accidents. This work enriches the cognition of causality of production safety accidents from the perspective of configuration, clearly shows which variable combinations lead to major accidents, and helps to prevent and reduce major production safety accidents and their risks.
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spelling doaj.art-c60d595b76314f589bf30fab50b85ae22023-03-23T04:41:14ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Public Health2296-25652023-03-011110.3389/fpubh.2023.11366401136640Generation paths of major production safety accidents — A fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis based on Chinese dataFujun Zhou0Jian Zhang1Cheng Fu2Cheng Fu3School of Public Administration, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, ChinaSchool of Public Administration, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, ChinaSchool of Public Administration, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, ChinaResearch Centre for Rural Revitalization of Central South University, Changsha, ChinaMajor production safety accidents have become the key obstacle to improve the overall safety production level. Analyzing the causal relationship of major production safety accidents is helpful to clarify its characteristics and laws. Based on the literature, the analytical framework of “individual - technology - management - environment” is proposed. Taking 37 production safety accidents as samples, fuzzy set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA) is used to analyze the occurrence path and mechanism of major production safety accidents. The results show that: (1) Major production safety accidents are the result of multiple factors coupling. Minor external supervision or abnormal production behaviors are more likely to cause major production safety accidents. (2) When the production behavior is abnormal and the safety management ability is insufficient, major production safety accidents are more likely to occur. (3) There are five ways and three mechanisms for major production safety accidents. This work enriches the cognition of causality of production safety accidents from the perspective of configuration, clearly shows which variable combinations lead to major accidents, and helps to prevent and reduce major production safety accidents and their risks.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1136640/fullsafety managementmajor production safety accidentscausalitygeneration mechanismQCA
spellingShingle Fujun Zhou
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Cheng Fu
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Generation paths of major production safety accidents — A fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis based on Chinese data
Frontiers in Public Health
safety management
major production safety accidents
causality
generation mechanism
QCA
title Generation paths of major production safety accidents — A fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis based on Chinese data
title_full Generation paths of major production safety accidents — A fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis based on Chinese data
title_fullStr Generation paths of major production safety accidents — A fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis based on Chinese data
title_full_unstemmed Generation paths of major production safety accidents — A fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis based on Chinese data
title_short Generation paths of major production safety accidents — A fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis based on Chinese data
title_sort generation paths of major production safety accidents a fuzzy set qualitative comparative analysis based on chinese data
topic safety management
major production safety accidents
causality
generation mechanism
QCA
url https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1136640/full
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