Schutte, PCEdwards, AMilanzi, LA2012-05-152012-05-152012-03Schutte, PC, Edwards, A and Milanzi, LA. How hard do mineworkers work? An assessment of workplace stress associated with routine mining activities. Proceedings of the 2012 Mine Ventilation Society of South Africa Conference, Emperors Palace, Kempton Park, 28-30 March 2012.http://hdl.handle.net/10204/58552012 Mine Ventilation Society of South Africa Conference, Emperors Palace, Kempton Park, 28-30 March 2012Mining operations are frequently associated with difficult working conditions and high levels of workplace stress. Workplace stress can be defined as the harmful physical and emotional responses that oc-cur when the psychological and/or physiological requirements of the job do not match the capabilities or needs of the worker. Evidence in the literature suggest that unacceptable levels of workplace stress influence workers' health and safety and could result in accidents and injuries, as well as poorer worker well being. Information on the physiological strain (the combined strain reflected by the thermoregulatory and car-diovascular systems) of mineworkers is rather limited and, where information is available, it has been based on the physiological responses of young, healthy males only. There is also no information available on the role of psychological factors in the development of workplace stress in the local mining industry. At present mines are required to accommodate a diverse workforce comprising of males and females. The current difficulties experienced with the placement of female miners in underground occupations where physical work is performed, highlights the need for more information on the physiological strain and psycho-logical stress associated with mining occupations. To address this lack of specific knowledge exploratory stu-dies were undertaken and the results obtained are discussed in this paper.enPhysiological strainPsychological stressFemale mineworkersWorkplace stressMining activitiesConference PresentationSchutte, P., Edwards, A., & Milanzi, L. (2012). How hard do mineworkers work? An assessment of workplace stress associated with routine mining activities. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/5855Schutte, PC, A Edwards, and LA Milanzi. "How hard do mineworkers work? An assessment of workplace stress associated with routine mining activities." (2012): http://hdl.handle.net/10204/5855Schutte P, Edwards A, Milanzi L, How hard do mineworkers work? An assessment of workplace stress associated with routine mining activities; 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/5855 .TY - Conference Presentation AU - Schutte, PC AU - Edwards, A AU - Milanzi, LA AB - Mining operations are frequently associated with difficult working conditions and high levels of workplace stress. Workplace stress can be defined as the harmful physical and emotional responses that oc-cur when the psychological and/or physiological requirements of the job do not match the capabilities or needs of the worker. Evidence in the literature suggest that unacceptable levels of workplace stress influence workers' health and safety and could result in accidents and injuries, as well as poorer worker well being. Information on the physiological strain (the combined strain reflected by the thermoregulatory and car-diovascular systems) of mineworkers is rather limited and, where information is available, it has been based on the physiological responses of young, healthy males only. There is also no information available on the role of psychological factors in the development of workplace stress in the local mining industry. At present mines are required to accommodate a diverse workforce comprising of males and females. The current difficulties experienced with the placement of female miners in underground occupations where physical work is performed, highlights the need for more information on the physiological strain and psycho-logical stress associated with mining occupations. To address this lack of specific knowledge exploratory stu-dies were undertaken and the results obtained are discussed in this paper. DA - 2012-03 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Physiological strain KW - Psychological stress KW - Female mineworkers KW - Workplace stress KW - Mining activities LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2012 T1 - How hard do mineworkers work? An assessment of workplace stress associated with routine mining activities TI - How hard do mineworkers work? An assessment of workplace stress associated with routine mining activities UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/5855 ER -