Environmental and Occupational Safety and Hygiene KPI in the Mining IndustryA Short Review

Abstract

In a technologically enhanced world brought by Industry 4.0, a great bulk of information can be drawn from the industrial processes. Nowadays, the question is what to do with information and how to manage it, rather than how to collect it. In this sense, Key Performance Indicators might be the answer. Mining is the industry where a more profound change can be seen but, at the same time, remains in the top three most hazardous. Therefore, the objective of this short review was to find evidence of occupational safety and hygiene and environment key performance indicators in the mining industry. The Preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses guidelines were used to conduct the research. A table was built to help collect the needed information from the included papers: indicator, description, valuation, measurement method, and potential indicator limitation. By applying the statement, 109 records were identified, of which 14 were found eligible and included in the study. The articles were screened, and key performance indicators description, valuation, measurement method, and limitation were collected. Over 150 indicators were identified, most of them lagging, which means that little to no control can be made in the design process. The trend shows that more effort should be put into leading indicators as these might be useful to control the process upstream. (c) 2023, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.