MINING OTR TYRE HANDLING FATAL HAZARD EDUCATION
ViVA led research that resulted in the development of animated scenario education and formative, interactive learning modules on off-the-road tyre handling fatal hazard exposures.
PROJECT LEAD
PROJECT TEAM
PARTNERED WITH
University of Queensland Sustainable Minerals Institute, Real Serious Games, EMESRT
Context
Off-the-road tyre handling exposes tyre technicians to fatal hazards when working near this machinery. Tyre technicians are 10 times more likely to die from their work than any other vehicle servicing roles in mining.
Challenge
A mining industry group sponsored funded research to educate the industry on the human, tasks, and systems-related aspects that contribute to fatal hazard exposures.
Approach
The ViVA human factors team led the research on the human factors and work systems aspects of off-the-road tyre handling, sponsored by mining industry groups, and funded by coal mining research funds. Working with an virtual reality technology provider, they facilitated workshops, conducted task analysis, employed cognitive think-aloud methods, facilitated role play with dynamic tag-team simulation methods to organise storyboard scenarios depicting the realities of tyre handling fatal hazard exposures.
Outcomes
ViVA published research through the funding body with content that enabled the industry group to release video-based animated scenarios depicting these fatal hazard exposures. This content was converted into interactive, tablet-based, hazard education modules for formative learning educational use on mining sites.
Funded by: ACARP.
Funded by: ACARP.
Image credit: United Equipment
For resources: Refer to EMESRT https://emesrt.org/tyre-handler-storyboard-animations/
For resources: Refer to EMESRT https://emesrt.org/tyre-handler-storyboard-animations/