2003 Accepting the Challenge
The 2003 conference was held from 3 to 6 August at Jupiters Townsville Hotel and Casino Townsville Queensland.
Conference Proceedings
Keynotes
- Hopkins, An AcciMap of the Esso Australia gas plant explosion
- Kohler, An occupational health & safety research perspective
Written Papers
- Beasley, Developing a crisis management capability – Curragh Queensland Mining Pty Ltd meets the challenge
- Bofinger, What works best at improving mine worker safety and why does it work
- Cameron, Manual handling – reducing injuries
- Carroll, Where safety is the priority & zero harm is the goal
- Carter, Hydration requirements of the WMC Fertilizers workforce at Phosphate Hill
- Cater, Using knowledge management to improve risk management strategies and communications in mines
- Clancy, Behaviour-based safety: a case study illustrating a successful approach
- Cliff, Improving significant incident management in underground coal mines
- Gillies, Real time integrated mine ventilation monitoring
- Ham, Counting the cost of injury and poor health – an analysis of QCOS data
- Hood, Technology aimed at improving mine safety
- Leary, A Study of the health and safety aspects of shiftwork and rosters at the PCML
- Lyne, Health Surveillance: past history and future potential
- McGinty, Tracking stress and fatigue at Consolidated Rutile
- McKinnon, ACARP – accepting the safety challenge
- Morgan, Innovations in seeking to provide an incident & injury free workplace during construction of the Hail Creek coal project
- Morrison, Using data to identify risk to improve safety and health performance
- Muller et al, The study on workplace environment and health
- Ninness, Gaining that support
- Parkin, Inertisation of Loveridge No 22 Coal Mine
- Reece, Challenge test – your level 1 emergency exercise
- Scanes, Evidence shows workplace health promotion works – but how do you get your employees to attend
- See, Examining the legal implications of being fit for work
- Seymour, Safety applications for GPS systems in the mining industry
- Shanahan, Health reporting in a multinational resource company
- Stewart, The implementation of common health standards across multiple mining operations and an example of practical application
- Wendt, National Industry perspectives on occupational health issues
- Wipaki, Assessing risk assessments at Mount Isa Mines
Concurrent Sessions
- Anglo Coal, Hazard Management Plans
- Beasley, Building a crisis management capability
- Bofinger, What works best for improving mine worker safety and why does it work
- Buckley, K vs CSPL – an employment minefield
- Carroll, Risk management system
- Cater, Knowledge and risk
- Clancy, Behaviour-based Safety
- Ham, Counting the cost of injury and ill health
- Hood, Technology aimed at improving mine safety
- Kohler, Accepting the challenge
- Lyne, Health surveillance past history and future potential
- Mabbott, Fatigue Through Nightshifts in succession
- McGinty, Tracking stress and fatigue at Consolidated Rutile
- McKinnon, Accepting the Safety Challenge
- Morris, Challenges in the US Nuclear power industry
- Morrison, Using Data to Identify Risk to Improve safety and health performance
- Muller et al, Study on workplace environment and health
- Ninness, Gaining that support
- Parker, Strategies to reduce Musculoskeletal disorders in underground coal mining
- Pasminco and Misch, A study of the safety and health
- Pegler, Making some changes
- Scanes, Workplace health promotion works – but how do you get your employees to attend
- See, Examining the legal implications of being fit for work
- Seymour, GPS safety applications
- Stewart, Occupational health standards – making them work
- Strahan, The role of personnel agency in managing fatigue
- Walker, Counting the cost of injury and ill health
- Wendt, National minerals industry perspective on occupational health issues
- Wipaki, Assessing risk assessments at Mount Isa Mines
- Xstrata, Health management at Mount Isa Mines
- Xstrata, Reducing manual handling and risk
Innovation
- WINNER, Pacific Coal Kestrel Mine, Minsup isolation lockout device (Presentation) (Submission)
- PEOPLE’S CHOICE, BMA Blackwater Mine, No go zones in vehicle loading cranes
- BMA Blackwater Mine, Longwall AFC respirable/combustible dust suppression sprays
- BMA Crinum Mine, Programmable electronic roof bolter controls (Presentation) (Submission)
- BMA, Reducing hazards to tyre changing employees (Presentation) (Submission)
- Pacific Coal Kestrel Mine, Monorail chain – removing tool
- Pacific Coal Kestrel Mine, Shuttle car cab modifications (Presentation) (Submission)
- Pacific Coal Ltd Tarong Coal Operations, Oxy-Acetylene Trolley
- Pacific Coal Ltd Tarong Coal Operations, Washdown system for EX3500 shovels and excavators
- Southern Colliery, AFC sprays
- Southern Colliery, Face Bretby Handling System (Presentation) (Submission)
- Thiess South Walker Creek Mine, Tail light cleaning sprays for 773 water cart