Safety, Health & Risk Management Flashcards
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What is the key distinction between a 'lagging indicator' and a 'leading indicator' in mine safety performance measurement?
Answer: Lagging indicators measure outcomes after incidents occur; leading indicators measure proactive safety activities
Lagging indicators (injury rates, fatalities) reflect past outcomes, while leading indicators (training completions, inspections conducted, near-miss reports) measure proactive safety activities that predict future performance.
Which approach to safety management focuses on understanding what goes RIGHT in normal operations to build resilience, rather than only analyzing failures?
Answer: Resilience Engineering / Safety-II
Safety-II (Resilience Engineering) studies the variability in everyday successful performance to understand system strengths, complementing the traditional Safety-I focus on failures and accidents.
Under MSHA regulations, what is the mandatory waiting period before re-entering an underground mine after a blast?
Answer: Until smoke and fumes have dissipated to safe levels and at least 15 minutes have elapsed
MSHA requires that re-entry after blasting be delayed until blast fumes and smoke have cleared and a competent person has examined the area, with a minimum time period specified in the applicable standards.
A mine health and safety committee review finds that most injuries occur during the afternoon shift. Which analysis technique is most appropriate to investigate systemic causes?
Answer: Root Cause Analysis using the 5-Why method
The 5-Why Root Cause Analysis technique iteratively asks 'why' to drill past surface symptoms to the underlying systemic factors contributing to a pattern of incidents.
What does the term 'imminent danger' mean under the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act?
Answer: A condition that could reasonably be expected to cause death or serious physical harm before it can be abated
Section 3(j) of the Mine Act defines imminent danger as any condition or practice that could reasonably be expected to cause death or serious physical harm before it can be abated.
Which ventilation method is used to bring fresh air into an underground mine working face using a duct and auxiliary fan?
Answer: Forcing or exhausting auxiliary ventilation
Auxiliary (secondary) ventilation using line brattice or ducts with a forcing or exhausting fan is used to extend ventilation to blind headings and working faces beyond the main airway.
Which risk management framework, widely used in Australian mining, structures risk management through context, identification, analysis, evaluation, and treatment steps?
Answer: ISO 31000
ISO 31000 provides a universally applicable risk management framework with a structured process: establishing context, identifying, analyzing, evaluating, and treating risks, widely adopted in the mining industry globally.