A simulation study on risk emergence mechanism and transmission path of coal mine workers' unsafe behaviours

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In view of the complex and changing working environment of coal mines, the safety risks faced by workers are high, therefore, exploring the internal mechanism of the unsafe behaviours of coal mine workers and the action mechanism between the influencing factors has become the top priority of studying the unsafe behaviours of coal mine workers. First of all, with the help of text mining techniques, this paper extracts a total of 26 factors affecting the unsafe behaviours of coal mine workers. Then, DEMATEL-ISM method is used to construct the mutual influence mechanism among the factors influencing unsafe behaviours and the hierarchical logical relationship among the factors, and then the key cause nodes affecting the unsafe behaviours of coal mine workers are obtained, which are work experience and psychological status. Then, Arena simulation technology was used to analyse the risk transmission path among the factors influencing unsafe behaviours, taking work experience and psychological status as the starting point, and the risk transmission rule among the factors influencing unsafe behaviours of coal mine workers was obtained. Finally, specific control countermeasures for coal mine workers' unsafe behaviours are proposed from five aspects: safety management, individual, group, safety leadership and physical environment. The results of this study can provide important theoretical support and practical guidance for coal mine safety production, help to reduce the accident rate, ensure the life safety of coal mine workers and the sustainable development of enterprises. Health sciences/Health occupations Health sciences/Risk factors unsafe behaviour behavioural risk emergence Arena simulation control countermeasure Full Text Additional Declarations No competing interests reported. Cite Share Download PDF Status: Published Journal Publication published 07 Jul, 2025 Read the published version in Scientific Reports → Version 1 posted Editorial decision: Revision requested 07 Apr, 2025 Reviews received at journal 29 Mar, 2025 Reviewers agreed at journal 20 Mar, 2025 Reviews received at journal 23 Nov, 2024 Reviewers agreed at journal 16 Nov, 2024 Reviewers invited by journal 16 Nov, 2024 Editor assigned by journal 16 Nov, 2024 Editor invited by journal 14 Nov, 2024 Submission checks completed at journal 13 Nov, 2024 First submitted to journal 15 Oct, 2024 You are reading this latest preprint version Research Square lets you share your work early, gain feedback from the community, and start making changes to your manuscript prior to peer review in a journal. As a division of Research Square Company, we’re committed to making research communication faster, fairer, and more useful. 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