Tailings pond is a place where is used for depositing tailings of the metal and nonmetal mine after the selecting process. It is one of the high potential energy and human-caused mud-rock flows. It will bring huge harms to the district peripheral environment and downstream inhabitant's life and property when tailings pond’s paroxysmal accidents happen. In view of the quantity of small and medium-sized tailings pond

the lower safety management level

furthermore

diversified and uncertain causes during accidents

the paper has made hierarchical structure model according to the influence factors of tailings pond safety operation. Using Delphi method to construct correlation factor’s judgment matrix

the combination of qualitative and quantitative analytic hierarchy process (AHP) is applied; and finally can be obtained in the weight of coefficient and arrayed in order. The analysis shows that the biggest influence factor is the expel-flood system. the second is the embankment system

manage or maintenance

back-water and transportation system. Therefore the related unit may depend on the sequences of the facility to have constituted respectively guard measure

which could supply guiding sense and reference value so as to eliminate each kind of accident hidden dangers and enhance the management level and ensure the tailings pond safety operation.