Mining OTR tyre handling fatal hazard analysis
ViVA facilitated an industry design workshop to develop a taxonomy of fatal hazard exposures in mining tyre handling operations.
PROJECT LEAD
PROJECT TEAM
PARTNERED WITH
University of Queensland Sustainable Minerals Industry, Prime Project Group, EMESRT, Real Serious Games
Context
Off-the-road tyre handling exposes tyre technicians to fatal hazards when working near this machinery yet, in many instances, the work requires this work close to the machinery.
Challenge
A mining industry group wanted to develop an meaningful assessment method to identify system-related failure modes in off-the-road tyre handling operations. The found the existing risk assessment tools and familiar approaches to be inadequate when considering the realities of the varied use of this equipment.
Approach
The ViVA human factors team worked with the industry group, a specialist human factors professor, and a mechanical engineering colleague to facilitate a workshop using qualitative, experiential learning with case methodology. ViVA prompted the industry domain experts to consider the extreme scenarios of tyre handling fatal hazard exposures versus factors that led productive outcomes.
Outcomes
ViVA created a taxonomy of 8 credible failure modes in OTR tyre-handling, validated by the industry. The industry can use this taxonomy to change equipment designs and operations managers to improve designs and mitigate hazard exposures, while reinforcing protective factors to achieve productivity.
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