Mining Vehicle & Underground Equipment worked example

Safety Compliance Burden with severity if the safety control fails or lapses of 3 score: a worked example

This worked example runs the safety compliance burden numbers for a tougher week than the baseline: severity if the safety control fails or lapses of 3 score instead of the typical 6 score. Estimate safety compliance burden for mining vehicle and underground equipment using production-ready inputs so teams can rank risks and decide which issue needs containment, controls, or escalation first.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Severity if the safety control fails or lapses: 3 score (the input this scenario stresses; the baseline uses 6)
  • Likelihood the compliance gap occurs: 4 score (held at the documented default)
  • Chance the gap is detected before audit or incident: 3 score (held at the documented default)

Working through the calculation

  • The calculation starts from the formula this tool documents: Safety compliance burden risk score = safety compliance burden severity score × safety compliance burden occurrence score × safety compliance burden detection score.
  • Safety compliance burden risk score works out to 3.35 score at these inputs, and this is the headline figure for the scenario.
  • Safety compliance burden severity score works out to 3 score at these inputs.
  • Safety compliance burden occurrence score works out to 4 score at these inputs.
  • Safety compliance burden detection score works out to 3 score at these inputs.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where severity if the safety control fails or lapses sits at 6 score and the headline result is 4.55 score, this scenario comes in 26.37% below the baseline at 3.35 score.
  • Use it when prioritizing compliance remediation, preparing for an MSHA-style audit, or deciding which control gaps justify stopping a machine or a fleet. A result at this level usually justifies acting on the stressed input before touching anything else, because every other figure in the table is downstream of it.

Results at a glance

  • Safety compliance burden risk score: 3.35 score (headline result)
  • Safety compliance burden severity score: 3 score
  • Safety compliance burden occurrence score: 4 score
  • Safety compliance burden detection score: 3 score

Run it with your numbers

  • To rerun this with your own numbers, open the live Safety Compliance Burden calculator, set severity if the safety control fails or lapses to your actual value, and adjust the remaining inputs to match your operation.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.