Tyre handler industry resources Following on from the recent release of the tyre handler scenario-based storyboard animations, EMESRT makes available further tyre handler resources to industry, and they are: Tyre handling operations: direct and indirect interactions Problem-based design statement: tyre handler operator statement Tyre handling equipment and attachment option matrix Danger poster: tyre handling fatalities, serious injury, or damage to machines and equipment The materials listed above are available in A4, A3, and A0 poster sizes and can be downloaded

Serious incidents involving “Live Work” have become more prevalent in the industry as the technical complexity of designs has changed the way we conduct many traditional tasks.  This has led to calls for the industry to eliminate the need for conducting “Live Work” through designers providing ways to conduct tasks with significant exposure to people involved. Following EMESRT member enquiries, EMESRT recently coordinated industry stakeholders in the development and publication of a “Live Work” definition poster.  This common definition development

Incidents involve stored energy release during rapid deflations or catastrophic disassembly of wheel assemblies, tyre fires or explosions from pyrolysis, vehicle interactions, or crush injuries when moving tyres and wheels or working near the mobile equipment. EMESRT launched its tyre and rim industry initiative in 2018. EMESRT invited experienced mining industry personnel to be members of a Tyre and Rim Technical Working Group and engaged with industry researchers to better understand the human factors aspects of the tasks and environment (within a ‘work system’).  This initiative was the motivation

Tony Egan, EMESRT Advisory Group member representing Glencore, presented at the Queensland Mining Safety and Health Advisory Committee vehicle interaction safety forum on Wednesday 12 July 2023. The forum provided an opportunity for participants to openly collaborate and share learnings for developing, implementing and maintaining effective controls associated with vehicle interactions. The event, opened by Kate du Preez, Commissioner for Resources Safety and Health, Queensland, brought together a mix of industry members representing quarries, mineral resources, universities, and other organisations

The inaugural leading sites forum webinar took place on 20 June 2023 with 22 participants contributing to discussions. The forum was formed following the recent Leading Sites four-day workshop attended by 34 participants representing Alcoa, AngloAmerican, Antofagasta, BHP, Freeport, Glencore, Goldfields, Rio Tinto, and Vale. The workshop included member representatives from both corporate and site and was supported by Steering Committee Co-Chairs, EMESRT, and consultant personnel. The forum provides a platform for the EMESRT and the International Council of Mining

The EMESRT Performance Requirement 4: Mobile Equipment Fire Management, published in December 2021, has been translated into four languages: French, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish. The objective of Performance Requirement 4 (PR-4) is to provide structured and comprehensive information that can be applied by designers and original equipment manufacturers, mining companies, mobile equipment users, and suppliers of fire detection and suppression systems to reduce the number and consequences of mobile equipment fires in earth-moving equipment. When using PR-4 in another country,

The EMESRT 2022 Activity Report has been published. The Activity Report provides a summary of EMESRT activities including industry level project progress, engagement with industry and how EMESRT operates. It also highlights a number of milestones achieved in collaboration with industry during 2022. The EMESRT Advisory Group hope that this 2022 Activity Report is useful and relevant to EMESRT member companies, the wider EMESRT community and others who might find the content of interest. View report

On 22 February, EMESRT presented to an audience of 300 who attended the industry-wide collision avoidance forum hosted by the Minerals Council of NSW and the New South Wales Resources Regulator.   EMESRT provided forum participants with an update on the International Council on Mining and Metals and EMESRT leading sites program and the package of EMESRT VI resources materials that are available for industry use.    Participants also heard surface and underground operators, OEMs and 3rd party suppliers that have been seeking to apply technology to

The first EMESRT mobile equipment fire management and tyre and rim technical working group monthly meeting for 2023 was held on 7 February. What did the attendees hear: There were five dozer rollovers in a week and a half in Queensland Fire management control effectiveness baseline mapping at pilot site completed – Report in development ISO 13649 working group meetings held to discuss/refine content Design Philosophy 4 – Mobile Equipment Fire Management potential unwanted event illustrations underway Tyre handler small