The problem
The Spanish leading mining company could not reduce the number of job accidents, with an average of 6 or 7 deaths per year along with numerous severe accidents, despite the ongoing prevention campaigns.
The solution
The identification of the basic cause of accidents and the execution of a contingency plan to avert it triggered off a drastic reduction of severe and mortal accidents in the pits, attaining an average of 1 death per year and no deaths in 2004.
