# Presentation: 237433

## 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

**in **
**Australian Coal Mining**
- Jim Joy
- Professor and Director
- Minerals Industry Safety and Health Centre
- Sustainable Minerals Institute
- The University of Queensland, Australia

## 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

## MISHC Postgrad courses

**Certificate or **
**Diploma in **
**Risk Mgmt**.

- Risk Management (G3)

- Human Factors

- Risk Analysis

- Incident Investigation
- & Analysis

- Sociology of Disasters

- Masters/ PhD

- Mining OH&S

- Special Projects I & II

- 4 or
- all of

**MISHC Postgrad** **courses**

## Since 1990

**Since 1990**
**Moura explosion (11)**
** **
**Gretley Inrush (4)**
**Northparkes airblast (4)**
**Bronzewing fill inrush (3)**

## Slide 5

## Mining Regulatory Approach

- Prescriptive
- about Actions

- Enabling

- Prescriptive
- about Process

**Govt.**
**tells how,**
**Industry**
**complies****, **
**Govt polices**

**Govt sets approach,**
**Industry decides how **
**using approach****,**
**Govt coaches**

**Industry**
**decides how****,**
**Govt**
**monitors **
**results**

## Regulatory Manifestations

**General principles of RA & RM**
**Major or Principal Management Plans**
**RM competency requirements**
**Use of RA as “approval” methodology**

## Basic Risk Management System

**Basic Risk Management System**

## Control Framework

**Major**
**Hazard**
**Management**

## 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

## Major Hazards

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

- New legislation additions
- Fixed & mobile mechanical
- Electricity
- Windblast

## 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

## Reviewing the Major Hazard

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

## Fault Tree Analysis

**TOP **
**EVENT**

**BASIC**

**UNDEVELOPED**

**FAULT**
**EVENT**

**FAULT**
**EVENT**

**BASIC**

**BASIC**

**&**

**or**

**or**

##  BOW TIE ANALYSIS

**TOP **
**EVENT**

**H**
**A**
**Z**
**A**
**R**
**D**

**Threat 1.**

**Threat 2.**

**Threat 3.**

**Threat n.**

**Control **
**Measures**

**Consequence**** 1.**

**Consequence**** 2.**

**Consequence**** 3.**

**Consequence**** n.**

**C**
**O**
**N**
**S**
**E**
**Q**
**U**
**E**
**N**
**C**
**E**
**S**

**Recovery**
**Measures**

**Controlling the threats**
**which could release**
**the Unwanted Event**

**Recovering from and/or**
**minimising the effects **
**of the Event**

## Control Framework

**Major**
**Hazard**
**Management**

## 	Goal: 

	To improve industry RM, as well as demonstrate industry cooperation

- 	**To improve industry RM, as well as demonstrate industry cooperation**

- Minerals Industry Cooperation Initiative (2003-06)

**Notes:**
The Minerals Industry Safety and Health Centre (MISHC) was started at The University of Queensland in March 1998. Seven companies funded the first five years of MISHC. MISHC also enjoyed the in-kind support of the Queensland Department of Minerals and Energy for that period. The initial intent of MISHC was to become the leading provider of mining risk management education, information and applied research services in Australia.The sponsors were also interested in having MISHC recognised as a centre of excellence in the industry.

Over the past five years, MISHC developed undergraduate, graduate and continuing education programs in risk management. These programs were derived from a new model of minerals industry risk management intended to provide common terminology and concepts across the various parts of a national industry. MISHC was also involved in project work, applied research, consulting and other areas over the five years.

## MICI - 2003-06 “Hard” Projects

**MIRMgate -**
**Hazard Mgmt**
** ****Guidance**

**MCA Risk **
**Guidelines**

**OH&S Perf.**
**Dbase **

**Professional **
**Pathways**

**Notes:**
The final site-level resource to be developed by MICI in the next three years will provide quality information about unwanted events that have occurred across the Australian and possibly global mining industry. 

## www.mishc.uq.edu.au

- _[www.mishc.uq.edu.au](http://www.mishc.uq.edu.au/)_

## Minerals Industry RM Ladder 

**Vulnerable**

**Proactive**

**Reactive**

**Compliant**

**Resilient**

**Minerals Industry RM Ladder **

| NATIONAL MINERALS INDUSTRY 
SAFETY AND HEALTH 
RISK MANAGEMENT GUIDELINE
2006 |
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## We are

- making
- progress !!