Social benefits of the mine occupational health and safety management systems of mines in China and Sweden based on a fuzzy analytic hierarchy process: A comparative study

Abstract

In this study, AHP and FAHP models are carried out to comprehensively evaluate the social benefits of the occupational health and safety management systems of a mine located in the southwest of Hubei Province, China and a mine located in Luleå, Sweden. Reasonable factor sets, decision sets, weight sets, and experience in consistency are utilized in order to empirically analyze on a case-by-case basis. The results demonstrate that the social benefit of the mine occupational health and safety management system for the mine in China is of the “general” rank; thus, it needs to be further improved. In contrast, the system for the mine in Sweden is of the “relatively good” rank. The fundamental difference lies in the degree of emphasis placed on people. The results of this study provide a direction for improving the further development of mine occupational health and safety management systems.