Introduction

Off-site road transportation (access roads) to mining operations (public or private, semi-private) poses a series of unique challenges to people in charge of their Safety, Security and Hazard Management.

This course draws information from a number of real life studies performed on this type of road by the authors, and presents them following the logic of a Safety, Security and Hazard Management Report that could be prepared for a mine access road going from fictional "Gate A" to "Mine B," crossing a variety of terrain and subject to an array of geo-environmental and human-made hazards.

This course is generic enough to be relevant to various different situations and environments around the world.

The course is divided into five steps, which correspond to those necessary to compile a Safety, Security and Hazard Management Report, namely:

• Step 1: Preliminary Data Gathering;
• Step 2: Generic Preliminary Inspection/Review of the Road;
• Step 3: Specific Aspects Linked to Mining Roads;
• Step 4: Hazard Identification Primer;
• Step 5: Possible Mitigations.

Three technical appendices deliver specific information that will help road managers to design specific signals and signage.

This course makes references to prior Edumine courses by F. Oboni and C. Oboni (Risk and Decision Making and Engineering for Success in Mining) whenever necessary, but neither requires their knowledge nor repeats any information already presented on risk assessment, risk, or management.

Learning Outcomes

1. An understanding of the principles of hazard identification for mine access roads.
2. Awareness of risk and possible mitigation measures and their implementation.

Duration: 7 Hours

Category: Safety

Level: Intermediate