The safety-level gap between China and the US in view of the interaction between coal production and safety management

Dust explosions: A threat to the process industries

“…First, they have different levels of safety management. As pointed out by Feng and Chen (2013), the safety management level in the US is in a relatively mature stage characterized by the priority of production safety, compared to China's developing stage with the feature of improving investment in safety. For production safety inputs, mainly in safety equipment updating and safety training, in the two countries, there are huge differences too.…”

“…For production safety inputs, mainly in safety equipment updating and safety training, in the two countries, there are huge differences too. The budget for safety research at the National Institute for Occupation Safety and Health (NIOSH) and the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the United States is 208 times larger than for safety research in China in 2012 (Feng and Chen, 2013) in an attempt to assure employers provide safe workplaces and also that enterprises use safety supervision at different levels, from firms and independent organizations to local governments.…”

Challenging the emerging narrative: Critical examination of coalmining safety in China, and recommendations for tackling mining hazards

“…As such, there are important energy security issues to be reckoned with when discussing coal mining in China. For example while coal accounts for almost 30% of the world's total energy consumption, it accounts for about 70% of China's energy consumption (Feng and Chen, 2013;Shen et al, 2012).…”

“…Moreover [this metric] can be compared easily and exactly between countries.'' [Feng and Chen (2013)] We argue later that this is a flawed view of the aim of safety inputs. The government also sets safety objectives in terms of reduction of the death per million ton of coal, which further 1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 This Coal Act of 1969 as it is known for short required for example four annual inspections of every underground coal mine, and it significantly increased federal enforcement powers in coalmines (MSHA, 2009).…”

SWOT analysis of safety and environmental regulation for China and USA: its effect and influence on sustainable development of the coal industry

“…total assets and labor). Thus, despite China having numerous coal mine safety and environment-related policies and regulations, their effect is only evident in reducing the numbers of fatalities as reported by Feng and Chen (2013). However, the regulations and/or policies in place are rarely and significantly fostering increased safety and environmental investment as well as research and development.…”