Work Accidents and Economy in the Mining Sector Colombia vs Mexico

Resumen

The mining industry in Colombia is one of the main aspects of wealth in the country, which focuses on the identification or discovery of mineral resources for use and exploitation, in addition the most extracted minerals are gold, silver emeralds, platinum, copper, nickel and coal, we also have at the level of Latin America the largest open-pit mine in the country, located in the guajira called the cerrejón, while in Mexico is the largest open sky mine and is located in Cananea Sonora called Buena Vista, where the main mineral of exploitation is copper there is also another very large and important mine for Mexico as is the charity mine that can produce various minerals such as copper, molybdenum, gold and silver. Objective Identify the causes of accidents in the mining industry in Mexico vs. Colombia in order to create strategies that help mitigate the threats to which they are exposed. Methodology A documented inquiry method was applied, which provided content published in thesis magazines, articles, repositories, with the idea of identifying the most frequent accidents in this sector, because these tasks have a high accident rate, with injuries that last several months and in the worst case, death Results showed that in the last ten years, Colombia continues to increase the accident rate by 9.57 per hundred workers, while in Mexico it has managed to reduce the accident rate in the mining sector by 75%, since 2010. to 2021.