I have just downloaded and browsed through the ICMM Health and Safety Conference Report. I am impressed by the report and like the format: basically prepare a report on the conference after the conference. This provides an opportunity to collate ideas, themes, and opportunities to improve. It makes it possible to keep abreast without having to plough through detailed, too-often badly written papers. And it makes it possible to let important people speak and make presentations without preparing a paper without the rest of us loosing the opportunity to learn from them. I applaud this practice and encourage others to do the same. (more…)
Posts Tagged ‘safety’
Mining Health & Safety: ICMM and Marcus Evans
Posted in health and safety, tagged health, ICMM, marcus evans, safety on May 3, 2013 | 1 Comment »
Whistle Blowing in Mining and Heavy Civil Construction
Posted in Coal, consulting, health and safety, People, tagged OII, Professor Jennings, safety, whistle blow on January 31, 2013 | 3 Comments »
Mining Safety Moment: Santiago, Chile
Posted in consulting, Latin America, safety, tagged Chile, fire, health, safety, santiago on June 19, 2012 | 1 Comment »

Many miners go to Santiago, Chile to do mining. The country is mining boom country. Their engineers are skilled and able. Yet they need augmentation by international mining folk. Reasons include: too few engineers; a search for new ideas; international perspective; and mine ownership by foreign mining companies footing the bill and hence wanting control. (more…)
CORESafety Resources for Mining Safety
Posted in health and safety, tagged Coresafety, safety on April 20, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
CORESafety is a a new way of addressing mine safety. Go to the site at this link. Follow through the site and the modules and you get a simple, yet powerful lesson in mine safety. (more…)
Around The Next Corner: Mining Streetview?
Posted in mining, North America, safety, Software, tagged future technology, maps, mineview, safety, streetview on March 9, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Today we were contacted by a vendor who came looking for our opinion on his product, and whether we thought it would be of use in the mining industry. Sometimes it can be easy to discern whether something will have any value to a miner, yes or no, quite simple. Other times it can be more difficult, and you wonder if hindsight will render its use obvious and maybe you deserve a bit of a kicking for being so closed minded. (more…)
Mine Safety. Mine Safety in Alaska.
Posted in health and safety, North America, safety, tagged fort knox, Greens Creek, kensington, MSAH, safety on March 17, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Mining can be the safest activity. What you need is the right safety program and skilled people to lead the mine safety program. That is the message that comes through clear from the presentations this morning at the Alaska Miners Association Conference in Juneau, Alaska. (more…)
Cold comfort best-practice mine safety
Posted in Diamond, health and safety, safety, tagged BHP, Ekati, safety, zero harm on June 9, 2010 | 1 Comment »
And hence from LA to the Canadian Northwest Territories and a lecture on mine safety. I do not know the statistics, but in terms of focus, surely Ekati must be the most safety-conscious mine I have ever been on. BHP can be justifiably proud of the attitude and actions of the people here who inducted me into the site’s values of Zero Harm, integrity, respect, win-win relationships, and high performance. (more…)
US Coal Mine Wages 2009/2010
Posted in Coal, Jobs and Salaries, North America, safety, Underground, tagged Coal, safety, Virginia, wage on April 17, 2010 | 1 Comment »
While politicians ponder how to reform the US coal mine safety situation, let us look at the wages paid to US coal miners. We have previously dealt with coal mine salaries and coal mine executive compensation. Now is time to look at the wages of those who do the work and the dying—and again our sympathies to the affected families. (more…)
The Mining Blog Australia: Still for Sale?
Posted in Australia and New Zealand, blogs, Coal, tagged Australia, blog, Coal, mining, safety on December 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I have just added to my blogroll a link to The Mining Blog. It hails from Australia and looks at the Australian mining industry. No indication of who writes it. And not many postings. But those that are there are interesting. From last week we have one comparing mining practices in some Australian and some USA mines. The author undertook a trip to the USA to see some mines. Here is part of what he says: (more…)
There but for the grace of God go we all: MSHA on mine safety
Posted in Church, health and safety, safety, tagged mining, MSHA, safety, W.R. Grace on June 24, 2008 |
No doubt the facts are complex and at least can be argued either way. Yet this morning’s two news reports, make you wonder about the tendency for people to do wrong:
W.R. Grace and asbestos: “The U.S. Supreme Court Monday refused to hear an appeal by W.R. Grace & Co. in a case that involves criminal charges brought by the government against the company and six of its executives for Clean Air Act violations in the release of asbestos from a vermiculite mine in Libby, Montana.”




