Fifty individuals representing 18 entities, with an accumulated 788 years of mining and technology experience are currently attending a two-day workshop in Brisbane, Australia. The EMESRT and the International Council of Mining and Metals (ICMM), Innovation for Cleaner Safer Vehicles, Vehicle Interaction Stakeholder workshop (26 – 27 October) follows on from the Leading Sites workshop held earlier this week. When asked why the group was brought together, Tony Egan, EMESRT Advisory Group member representing Glencore, said “building the industry bridge

EMESRT and the International Council of Mining and Metals (ICMM), Innovation for Cleaner Safer Vehicles (ICSV), Vehicle Interaction Leading Sites Cohort 2 three-day workshop is underway in Brisbane, Australia today. The three-day workshop (23 – 25 October) follows on from Cohort 1 workshop held in May this year.  The leading sites program is driven by industry collaboration between EMESRT and the ICMM, ICSV, and Vehicle Interaction initiative. The compelling case for the ICSV VI leading sites program strategy: Mining industry

Over the past two days (19 – 20 Sep), 28 individuals representing 16 entities attended a two-day tyre and rim workshop in Brisbane. The two-day workshop enabled EMESRT to capitalise on industry engagement and make progress in addressing known fatality exposures from OTR tyre handling operations. Workshop focus: Examine the Control Framework as it relates to OTR tyre handling: to validate or elaborate, based on new learnings and insights Reviewed the animated scenarios for proof-of-concept and validation of the formative

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,