2018 Conference Presentations

Introduction by Master of Ceremonies Russell White, Managing Director, Driver Safety Australia CONFERENCE WELCOME Luca Rocchi, Co-Chair, Queensland Mining Industry Health and Safety Conference 2018 CONFERENCE OPENING

Dr Sean Brady – Managing Director, Brady Heywood Pty Ltd Sean is a forensic engineer that specialises in identifying the cause of structural engineering failures. He is a Board Member of the Society of Construction Law Australia and a Member of the Singapore International Mediation Centre’s panel of experts. He is a practising Chartered Professional Engineer, a member of the Editorial Board of the ASCE Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities and the ICE Forensic Engineering Journal. He has published internationally on forensics for both engineering and legal audiences and is a visiting lecturer at Queensland University of Technology’s Business School and the University of Melbourne’s Law School.

Carrying out routine tyre maintenance on mining equipment is the single most likely event to cause a fatality in an Australian mine. The statistics prove tyre maintenance is often a difficult, dangerous and hazardous task. This session will demonstrate the enormous amounts of energy that are released in a tyre explosion and highlight the relevant controls, why we need to have these in place to prevent such events occurring, and how such preventative measures have failed in the past. To demonstrate these points a scenario will be enacted that provides an opportunity for both a coal and a metalliferous-based rescue team to demonstrate an emergency response to a catastrophic tyre failure.

Introduction by Master of Ceremonies Russell White, Managing Director, Driver Safety Australia Presentation of the Queensland Mining Industry Health and Safety Conference Legends Award for 2018

Steve Flanagan – Chief Aircrewman for RACQ CQ Rescue, Babcock Mission Critical Services Australasia Steve Flanagan, Chief Aircrewman for RACQ CQ Rescue, Babcock Mission Critical Services Australasia Steve is a trusted Aircrew professional with over seventeen years in the Emergency Medical Service and Search and Rescue sectors as a Rescue Crewman, Aircrewman and Aircrew Instructor. Growing up in Newcastle, NSW, Steve’s long family history in the mining industry influenced Steve to undertake a traineeship as an underground coal miner for Xstrata Coal in Bulga, NSW. But since the age of 6, Steve always aspired to be within the aviation industry. Steve has been with Babcock since October 2015 as Chief Aircrewman and is responsible for the training and checking of Babcock’s 65 aircrew officers and rescue crew officers, and a further 120 client staff including CQ Rescue’s flight crew, to deliver exceptional medical support across the Mackay region. Thanks to CQ Rescue, Steve also trains QAS paramedics and doctors to the highest national standards.

Dr Rolf Gomes, Cardiologist, Founder of Heart of Australia

Craig Lowndes OAM – 6-time Bathurst winner, Australia’s most popular racing driver, one of the most successful drivers in the sport’s history and Road Safety expert, will be interviewed by Russell White – Managing Director, Driver Safety Australia. One of the nation’s most recognized sporting heroes, Craig is the most successful racing driver in Australian motor sport history. Craig has won more Touring Car and V8 Supercar races than any other driver and is a six – time Bathurst winner. He is also the recipient of a record five Barry Sheene Medals, the sport’s best and fairest Award. Craig was also recognized in 2012 with an OAM for services to the community through his road safety work. For a decade Craig has also been the most popular driver in the sport and continues to compete with success today at the sport’s most elite level.

Chaired by Darren Nicholls, Glencore Coal Assets Queensland, with participants from relevant sites. Continuing Industry’s desire to learn from other sites’ incidents and following past conference themes, this session will feature your fellow Mine Workers sharing the details of issues they have had on their sites. This is meant to be a grass roots session without “spin”. A simple presentation on what occurred and if you went to that particular site now what you would find being done differently. It is for you to consider the relevance to your site and for you to determine if you have a similar exposure and if you have the controls to reasonably preclude a similar event.

Facilitator: Kelly Higgins-Devine – Evening Presenter, ABC Radio Brisbane and Queensland Robert Cohen, MD – Clinical Professor, Division of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health, with a panel comprising: Fritz Djukic – Inspector of Mines (Occupational Hygiene), Department of Natural Resources, Mines and Energy Dr David Cleveland – Occupational Medicine Physician Registra, Sonic HealthPlus Stephen Smyth – District President, CFMEU M&E, Queensland Kylie Ah Wong – General Manager – Health, Safety & Training, Glencore Coal Assets Australia Maryann Wikpaki – Manager HSEC, Glencore North Queensland Heidi Roberts – Executive Director, Department of Natural Resources, Mines and Energy

An Interview with the last Mining Warden, Frank Windridge, by John Tate, Barrister, Crown Law Mr Frank Windridge Appointed as a Magistrate and Warden in 1982, Frank was the Queensland Mining Warden from 1990 to 2001. During Frank’s appointment as Mining Warden, he oversaw the investigation of all fatalities and serious accidents that occurred in the Queensland mining industry. In particular, Frank’s contribution to advancing health and safety is best illustrated by the introduction of risk-based legislation in 1999, following his investigation and 1996 Report into the 1994 Moura No. 2 Underground Coal Mine disaster. Frank’s continuing passion is the improvement of mine health and safety. His experience has been gained through the fatalities he has investigated, as well as through the impact he has seen on families, work mates and the industry when loss of life occurs. Mr John Tate John was admitted to practice law as a Barrister and Solicitor in 1981. He has practised both privately and in government in a number of Australian jurisdictions – in New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory, Norfolk Island and Queensland. Since 1996, John has acted as Counsel Assisting in Mining Warden’s and Coronial inquiries in virtually all mining, explosives, petroleum and gas fatalities in Queensland. Additionally, he has been retained in a range of other fatality inquiries where the primary issue has concerned hospital misadventure, aircraft failure, fatigue, or the suspicion of murder. To this point, John has acted as Counsel Assisting in over 90 public fatality inquiries. For many years, John’s interests and experience have focused on the critical review of safety and health management and training systems, on accident investigation methodologies, and on compliance issues. Reflecting this, he is frequently engaged as a speaker in public forums and conferences.