Transcript Mines Safety Roadshow 2008 - Department of Mines and Petroleum

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Exploration Safety Roadshow held in November 2008
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Toolbox presentation: Overview of some
exploration hazards
Drill sites and drilling
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Moving rigs and vehicles
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Overhead or underground power lines
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Site layout
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Rigging up
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Housekeeping
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Drilling operations
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Compressors, pumps and high pressure equipment
Gases encountered during drilling
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Drill sites and drilling continued
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Consider for contract or joint operating procedures:
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Communication between exploration company personnel and
contractor’s personnel
Appointment of those accountable for safety on site
Competency-based training of both principal and contractor
personnel
Minimum acceptable safety standards
Equipment and system audits
Accident and incident reporting procedures
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Bush sense and survival
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Supply, use and maintenance of
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compass, maps, GPS
radios, signalling devices, emergency position indicating radio
beacons (EPIRBS)
first aid and survival kits
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Adequacy of radio communications for area to be travelled
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Reporting schedule
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Adequacy of schedule – safety margins, workings hours
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Emergency food, water, clothing, survival kits
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First aid and survival training
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Vehicles
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Accidents
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Lack of or inadequate driver training
Inattention and fatigue
Poor visibility
Excessive speed
Not driving to road conditions
Not fit to drive
Poor vehicle maintenance
Other injuries
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Vibration or poor seating
Jacking, winching, hitching, loading operations
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Tools and equipment
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Fit for purpose
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Maintained
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Lifting gear
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labelled
inspected and maintained
Registered
Power tools and welding equipment
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adequacy of training
standard operating procedures
suitable earth protection and fuses
voltage reducing devices for welding equipment
tagging and testing portable equipment and RCDs
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Tracks, gridlines and other earthworks
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Standard work procedures for gridlines, excavation, and
working and sampling in trenches, costeans and pits
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Separation of heavy and earthmoving equipment from
pedestrians and light vehicles
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Formal communications system between equipment
operator and those on foot or in light vehicles
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