Major Hazard Management

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• Major Hazard Management
• in
• Australian Coal Mining
• Jim Joy
• Professor and Director
• Minerals Industry Safety and Health Centre
• Sustainable Minerals Institute
• The University of Queensland, Australia

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Minerals Industry Safety Health Centre (MISHC)

• established in 1998
• an initiative of Industry, Government and UQ
• recognition that engineering education has a
  critical role in improving S H risk

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MISHC Postgrad courses
Risk Management (G3)
UQ Graduate Certificate or Diploma in Risk
Mgmt.
4 or all of
Human Factors
Risk Analysis
Sociology of Disasters
Incident Investigation Analysis
Mining OHS
Masters/ PhD
Special Projects I II
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Since 1990 Moura explosion (11) Gretley
Inrush (4) Northparkes airblast (4) Bronzewing
fill inrush (3)
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Mining Regulatory Approach
Prescriptive about Actions
Prescriptive about Process
Enabling
Govt. tells how, Industry complies, Govt polices
Govt sets approach, Industry decides how using
approach, Govt coaches
Industry decides how, Govt monitors results
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Regulatory Manifestations

• General principles of RA RM
• Major or Principal Management Plans
• RM competency requirements
• Use of RA as approval methodology

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Basic Risk Management System
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Control Framework
Major Hazard Management
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Why use Major Hazard Management Planning?

• to manage potential multiple fatality events
• to do it more effectively and efficiently
• to meet regulatory requirements
• to improve business success

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Major Hazards

• Post Moura
• spon comb
• UG fire
• ventilation / gas
• ground control
• others

• New legislation additions
• Fixed mobile mechanical
• Electricity
• Windblast

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The MHM Process

• Identify the Major Hazards
• Review the Hazard (location, risk, controls)
• Determine important existing new controls
• Document (Action Plan, Standards,
  Accountabilities, etc.)
• Implement
• Monitor / Audit
• Manage change

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Reviewing the Major Hazard

• Risk Assessment
• Identification of the major hazards (nature,
  magnitude, locations)
• Detailed analysis of the major hazards

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Fault Tree Analysis
TOP EVENT
or
FAULT EVENT
FAULT EVENT

or
UNDEVELOPED
BASIC
BASIC
BASIC
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BOW TIE ANALYSIS
C O N S E Q U E N C E S
Consequence 1.
H A Z A R D
Threat 1.
TOP EVENT
Consequence 2.
Threat 2.
Control Measures
Recovery Measures
Threat 3.
Consequence 3.
Consequence n.
Threat n.
Controlling the threats which could release the
Unwanted Event
Recovering from and/or minimising the effects of
the Event
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Control Framework
Major Hazard Management
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Minerals Industry Cooperation Initiative
(2003-06)

• Goal
• To improve industry RM, as well as demonstrate
  industry cooperation

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MICI - 2003-06 Hard Projects
MCA Risk Guidelines
Professional Pathways
MIRMgate - Hazard Mgmt Guidance
OHS Perf. Dbase
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www.mishc.uq.edu.au
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Resilient
Proactive
Compliant
Reactive
Vulnerable
Minerals Industry RM Ladder
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We are making progress !!