| The path that the United States going through from the season of high disaster rate, then the low disaster rate and finally to the long-term stage of security and stability takes nearly a century, during which the constant improvement of mine safety administration system acts as the key driving force. This paper will give you a much more comprehensive of the USA mine safety administration system change.The change process of mine safety administration system has gone through three stages: single regulatory model, cooperation regulatory model and vertically integrated management model, which is established as the final model. During this process, some new trends present, such as institutions paying more attention to division of labor and independence; administrative functions tending to be operated more professionally; power operation mechanism being done in a more standard and smooth way.The change of this administration system is influenced by many factors.On one hand, the government makes self-adjustment positively; On the other hand,external pressure forces the government to adjust. What is noteworthy is that the government takes the answering for major mine accidents as an opportunity based on the governing philosophy of certain periods, at the same time, positively responds to the pressure from the media, trade unions and coal mine enterprises so as to facilitate the change of the mine safety administration system. In general, the change and improvement of USA mine safety administration system has to be done step by step,that is to say, it is a slow process, during which the government has learned how to seize the right time to promote reform, break down all kinds of resistance and push the reform. The federal government’s beneficial experience can bring us some enlightenment and thinking: our country can learn from the United States, make good use of the major mine disaster as an opportunity and response to the external pressure to reform the present system. |
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