Human Factors for the Design, Operation, and Maintenance of Mining Equipment

Horberry, Tim; Burgess-Limerick, Robin; Steiner, Lisa

doi:10.1201/9781439802335

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“…The identified benefits included occupational health and safety issues, efficiency, costs and improved life of mines. All these are in line with the benefits identified in literature by BoudreauTrudel et al (2014), Botha (2015a), Fisher & Schnittger (2012), Hattingh et al (2010), Horberry et al (2010), Kaupp et al (2010), Horberry (2011), McNab et al 2013;Nong 2010;Parasuraman et al 1997).…”

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confidence: 76%

“…Most of the literature (Botha 2015a;Boudreau-Trudel et al 2014;Fisher & Schnittger 2012;Hattingh et al 2010;Horberry, Burgess-Limerick & Steiner 2010;Kaupp et al 2010;McNab et al 2013;Nong 2010;Parasuraman, Sheridan & Wickens 1997) agree with the paraphrased summary from Lynas and Horberry (2011). There have been modernisation initiatives such as proximity detection systems that have reduced vehicle-to-vehicle (and vehicle-to-person) accidents.…”

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confidence: 83%

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The socio-economic effects of mechanising and/or modernising hard rock mines in South Africa

Gumede

2018

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Background and aim: This article aims to explore stakeholders’ views on the potential effects of modernising hard rock mines in South Africa. Methods: This objective was achieved through eliciting and bringing together the views of different stakeholders. Different stakeholders were interviewed using qualitative research methodologies. The sample demographics were fairly representative and ranged from operators to executives and from employee to employer representatives. The main form of data collection was one-on-one face-to-face interviews. Results: One of the major findings of this research is that stakeholders have different levels of understanding of mechanisation and modernisation. The levels of understanding were found to be proportional to the levels of education. Conclusion: There seems to be general support for mechanisation and modernisation among the participants. The identified socio-economic challenges and benefits were relatively similar and aligned among participants. The main difference, however, pertained to the depth and scope of the problem or opportunity as perceived by different participants. Interviewees were also unanimous in identifying the social-economic benefits of mechanisation; these were in line with those identified in the literature, namely benefits in occupational health and safety issues, efficiency, costs and improved life of mines. Furthermore, participants viewed mechanisation and modernisation as an opportunity to reskill themselves and to improve operations and quality of life. More importantly, stakeholders seemed to share a common vision and interest of the future; as such, they were able to see beyond their constituencies and interests.

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The socio-economic effects of mechanising and/or modernising hard rock mines in South Africa

Gumede

2018

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“…Horberry et al (2010), underlining how the continuous growth of new technologies such as remote control, vision enhancement technologies, continuous haulage and automated equipment in the mining sector generates potential for new health and safety risks, recognizes in the design stage the best moment to minimize these issues and to make more robust the accident prevention. The usercentered design perspective should be able to combine the automation systems with all the human elements (Lynas and Horberry, 2011).…”

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Beyond Accidents: A Back-Analysis on Conveyor Belt Injury for a Better Design for Maintenance Operations

Martinetti¹,

Dongen²,

Romano³

2017

American Journal of Applied Sciences

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The conveyor belt represents one of the most commonly used methods of transporting bulk materials today. As highlighted multiple times in research, the moving parts are a critical issue causing accidents and injuries and several of these are strictly related to the opportunity to enter in working zones during maintenance activities, considered high-risk activity due to the nature of the job. For these reasons, maintenance operations have to be carefully planned during the design phase, with the adoption of appropriate safety measures for the maintenance crew and other people present in the area. On the other hand, preventative measures have to be put in action for maintenance operations and daily work. Analysing the accident reports related to the crushing and milling plants obtained from the several data bases and identifying with a Cause-Consequences analysis the root causes of an injury occurred in an Italian quarry, the paper underlines critical issues of the conveyor belts during maintenance operations, identifies common errors in the system management that affect the workers' safety and proposes an approach in order to improve the maintainability and the safety during the design phase.

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“…The importance of the human element in complex socio-technical systems in the study and application of risk and safety management is growing (1). In recent decades, human error element in accidents and organizational assignment has been growing continuously, which can be explained by 2 aspects of technological reasons: 1. the complexity of the system and often poorly defined role of human operators in the control loop and 2. increase the reliability of mechanical parts, electrical, and information processing system (2).…”

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Analyzing Human Error in Municipal Water Systems Using Systematic Human Error Reduction and Prediction Approach SHERPA Method

Dehaghi

Rastin

Malekzadeh

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Jundishapur J Helath Sci

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Background: The perception that water treatment and supply systems are not safe against accident and human errors as well as disease outbreaks is growing. Many major events around the world have been attributed to human error. In general, human errors are defined as situations where planned series of mental or physical activities fail to achieve its desired result. Methods: This cross-sectional study was performed to predict human error in the Khorramabad water treatment plant. Human error in the telemetry control room as well as relevant units was assessed with standard charts, tables, and reference work sheets. At first, all different activities of the unit were considered after interviewing the workers as well as consulting with supervisors and also by hierarchical task analysis HTA. Then the SHERPA method was applied to identify potential human errors. Results: Seventy-nine human errors were identified in various job tasks. Results showed that 51.8% of them are action errors, 38.4% are checking errors, 7.59% are retrieval errors, 0.006% is communication errors, and 0% for selection errors. Conclusions: It can therefore be concluded that the most prevalent errors are checking and action errors. Thus, it is suggested that work instructions, staff training, and employing inspection operators to monitor the performances should be considered as a priority. Furthermore, it can be concluded that SHERPA is appropriate for many industries such as water treatment plants.

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Human Factors for the Design, Operation, and Maintenance of Mining Equipment

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The socio-economic effects of mechanising and/or modernising hard rock mines in South Africa

The socio-economic effects of mechanising and/or modernising hard rock mines in South Africa

Beyond Accidents: A Back-Analysis on Conveyor Belt Injury for a Better Design for Maintenance Operations

Analyzing Human Error in Municipal Water Systems Using Systematic Human Error Reduction and Prediction Approach SHERPA Method

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