IMPLEMENTING PROXIMITY DETECTION – HOW GOOD DO OUR PEOPLE HAVE TO BE? A PRESENTATION BY PETER STANDISH, SP SOLUTIONS

BY WAY OF INTRODUCTION  Begin with the end in mind –  Sharing information from SP Solutions works  Reflecting on major losses investigated  What are we going to cover?  How big the problem can be  Fitting the approach into a system – visualising your risks  Quantification – indicative – but NOT Gospel

HOW BIG IS THE ISSUE?  Surface Coal – Traffic Related Incidents  Inputs:  NSW Coal Production Data  DI&I Fatality Database – and available source reports (e.g. US Fatalgrams)  Earlier SP Solutions analyses  Data values:  120 MTPA surface coal production  78 Surface coal traffic fatalities –  15 NSW surface coal traffic fatalities = 1 every 3 years

HOW THE DATA LOOKS

THE DATA - CONTROL

MAKING SENSE OF IT  Based on work done with our clients – analysing their catastrophic level risks  Presenting the issues by considering the interaction of controls to causes, incidents and outcomes.

UNDERSTANDING – RISK AND CONTROL CHARTING Human Error (Frequency) Vehicle out of control Equipment Failure (Frequency) Road Conditions (Frequency) Error Tolerant Controls Contractor Mgt Systems On-Board Diagnostics Design Standards Equipment Selection Standard Pre-start inspections Road Maintenance Signage / Communication Cause Preventative Control Bunds, separation, braking Speed limiting and proximity detection devices Training Mgt Systems Near Miss / Minor Collision Serious Injuries / Damage in Collision All controls fail, fatal traffic accident. Emergency Response, Seat Belts and Cabin integrity Incident Reactive Control Outcome

QUANTIFYING THE ISSUE Current: 1 fatality every 3 years Predicted: 1 fatality every 10 years

SO - HOW GOOD DO OUR PEOPLE HAVE TO BE?  Without detection and proximity devices – we’re asking our people to:  Make 1,208,690 trips incident free  Decide what to do when vehicles converge 24,300 times, and  React to 8,280 maintenance issues  This requires them to perform:  Better than brain surgeons  Better than elite Cambridge graduates, and  Equivalent to air line pilots (i.e. 1 operator = 2 pilots)

SOME CAUTIONARY POINTS  New technology can cause clashing effects  Remote controls a case in point (10/3 – 3/10)  Proximity / speed detection are not preventative!  Avoid “sense of comfort” with machines that “don’t bite”  Include the new devices in a broader system approach – understand your issues well

WHAT TO TAKE AWAY FROM THIS?  We need to help our people if we’re going to achieve incident free sites (Zero harm)  We should understand what type of gear we’re going to introduce and why  If we’re going to make a change we should think about it – and make sure we’re not going to cause a new (and possibly worse) unwanted outcome  Doing nothing will mean we’ll be hearing of a surface coal mine transport death before the end of 2012

THANKS  For your attention – and to the organisers of the seminar!  Shameless self promotion  Visit or me