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

The first EMESRT Vehicle Interaction (VI) Technical Working Group (TWG) monthly meeting for 2023 was held today.   The safety share for this meeting was the recent New South Wales Resources Regulator incident notification that led to the death of a worker at Snapper Mineral Sands Mine on 12 August 2019. Links to the investigation report and incident animation video were shared with the group and are made available in this post.   Investigation Report Animation video  EMESRT VI industry

EMESRT first turned its attention to mobile equipment fires in 2007, when it published an initial Design Philosophy (DP-4) focussing on fire. DP-4 is a high-level overview of problems that can lead to adverse consequences from mobile equipment fire events. Its purpose is to provide an understanding of the problems through succinct written examples with visual scenario information to assist Original Equipment Manufacturers in designing equipment to reduce the risks of potential unwanted equipment fire events. This project is an extension

The final EMESRT technical working group monthly meetings for 2022 were held this week. The EMESRT Advisory Group wishes to thank each and every one of the group members for their ongoing contribution and support in the vehicle interaction, tyre and rim and mobile equipment fire industry initiatives. We have made great progress but there is more to be done. We look forward to your participation in 2023 to continue working on these important industry initiatives. Happy holidays everyone. Please

If you missed out on the EMESRT Mobile Equipment fire Management global industry webinar held on the 16 November 2022 you can access the recordings, resources discussed and questions and answers via this link https://emesrt.org/global-industry-webinar/

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