Designing ergonomic, safe, and attractive mining workplaces

The mining industry has experienced important improvements with regard to its safety record and work environment.

But there is still room for further improvement and the mining industry now faces the challenge of securing a future workforce: The current workforce is aging, and mining work increasingly requires a more qualified workforce.

This title seeks to give an understanding of what must be considered in the design of mining workplaces.

By reviewing and discussing the historic and current development of the mining industry as well as problems related to the safety, ergonomics, and attractiveness of mining workplaces, it demonstrates that the challenges facing the mining industry often need to be solved on a case-to-case basis.