Establishment of Assessment Index System for the Emergency Capability of the Coal Mine Based on SEM

Rationality of assessment index system plays an important role for emergency capability in the coal mine. Combined with the existing results, the primary assessment index system including eight first-level indexes for emergency capability was established based on analysis of influence factor. It was tested with structure equation model (SEM for short) based on some questionnaires and Amos software. And six first-level indexes were determined. The result shows that the assessment index system for emergency capability in the coal mine is objective by structure equation model. (C) 2011 Published by Elsevier Ltd. Selection and/or peer-review under responsibility of China Academy of Safety Science and Technology, China University of Mining and Technology(Beijing), McGill University and University of Wollongong.