Dr. Eric Stemn | Occupational Safety | Best Researcher Award

Dr. Eric Stemn, University of Mines and Technology, Ghana

Dr. Eric Stemn is a distinguished Ghanaian academic, currently serving as a Lecturer in the Environmental & Safety Engineering Department at the University of Mines and Technology (UMaT), Tarkwa, Ghana 🇬🇭. He earned his PhD in Occupational Health and Safety from the University of Queensland, Australia 🇦🇺. His research focuses on safety management in the mining industry, environmental sustainability, and occupational health 🚑🔍. Dr. Stemn has authored numerous scholarly publications and actively contributes to industry practices through consultancy and training 📚🛠️. He is a member of the Ghana Institute of Environmental and Safety Professionals 🌿.

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🎓 Academic Background

Eric Stemn, a distinguished Ghanaian academic, holds a PhD in Occupational Health and Safety from the University of Queensland (2019). He also earned an MSc in Environmental Science from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (2013) and a BSc in Geomatic Engineering from the University of Mines and Technology, Tarkwa (2010). 🌍

📚 Professional Experience

Currently, he serves as a Lecturer in the Environmental & Safety Engineering Department at the University of Mines & Technology, Tarkwa. He has held various consultancy roles with companies like ZEN Petroleum and Newmont Ghana Limited. 🛠️

Research Focus

Dr. Eric Stemn’s research primarily focuses on safety culture and performance in the mining industry. His works investigate systemic constraints and organizational roles in incident investigations, aiming to improve safety outcomes. He has explored occupational health, particularly in the Ghanaian mining sector, and analyzed risk factors for accidents. His research extends to environmental issues, including the effects of urban growth on thermal environments and health risks from soil contaminants. Dr. Stemn also addresses waste management and the spatial analysis of mining impacts, contributing significantly to sustainable mining practices and safety enhancements. 🛠️🌍

Publication

• Examining the relationship between safety culture maturity and safety performance of the mining industry – Safety science 🛡️ | Cited by: 180 | Year: 2019
• Failure to learn from safety incidents: Status, challenges and opportunities – Safety science 🛑 | Cited by: 109 | Year: 2018
• Analysis of injuries in the Ghanaian mining industry and priority areas for research – Safety and health at work ⚒️ | Cited by: 78 | Year: 2019
• Multi-criteria GIS-based siting of transfer station for municipal solid waste: The case of Kumasi Metropolitan Area, Ghana – Waste Management & Research 🗺️ | Cited by: 73 | Year: 2016
• Focusing on coal workers’ lung diseases: a comparative analysis of China, Australia, and the United States – International journal of environmental research and public health 🫁 | Cited by: 69 | Year: 2018
• Mutualism, commensalism or parasitism? Perspectives on tailings trade between large-scale and artisanal and small-scale gold mining in Ghana – Resources Policy ⚖️ | Cited by: 36 | Year: 2018
• Human health risk via soil ingestion of potentially toxic elements and remediation potential of native plants near an abandoned mine spoil in Ghana – Science of The Total Environment 🌿 | Cited by: 34 | Year: 2021
• Analysis of artisanal and small-scale gold mining accidents and fatalities in Ghana – Resources Policy ⚠️ | Cited by: 31 | Year: 2021
• Modelling of land surface temperature changes as determinant of urban heat island and risk of heat-related conditions in the Wassa West Mining Area of Ghana – Modeling Earth Systems and Environment 🌡️ | Cited by: 28 | Year: 2020
• Interactions between organisational roles and environmental hazards: the case of safety in the Chinese coal industry – Resources Policy 🏭 | Cited by: 28 | Year: 2019