Focus on Health and Safety

摘要

The phrase "Zero Harm" is a widely used strapline throughout the mining industry as we try to combat having reached, statistically at least, a safety plateau. Internationally the number of injuries recorded decreased from 3,138 in 2015 to 2,662 in 2016, but this rate has slowed compared to previous years. The major causes of fatalities were still fall-of-ground incidents at 33 percent; slip and fall, falls from heights, and fires together accounted for 21 percent; and transport factors accounted for 14 percent. Global Mine Design Ltd. is working to positively change the approach to mine design. Its approach, of using integrated monitoring networks to reinforce safe working conditions and provide input for ongoing data-driven mine planning decisions, is based on experience the company has gained from years of monitoring excavation response in challenging active ground conditions. Global Mine Design's expertise is used to help mine sites design ground support systems and create safe work protocols.