Mining Process
Safety and Risk provides the ability to achieve a step
What is Mining Process Safety?
change improvement in risk control for
Process Safety Management is the these catastrophic risks reducing the
application of management controls to risk of major incidents that may cause
ensure that process hazards are loss of life, environmental damage or
identified, understood and controlled significant asset loss. It helps to
to prevent process related accidents ensure the long term viability of mining
from occurring. operations.
Process Safety, in the context of MPSM may also provide benefits in
mining, is the application of the same the area of operability, productivity
operational discipline seen in the and stability and quality of process.
process industries to high
Our Approach
consequence and low frequency
mining risks to ensure that these Ibis helps clients develop and deliver
hazards are identified, understood and focused and cost-effective approaches
controlled to prevent process related to organisations wishing to assess and
accidents from occurring. In Mining assure the safety of their complex
Process Safety Management (MPSM) system, processes or operation.
we apply tools and approaches
We seek to assist clients develop a
typically applied in the process
robust and resilient MPSM system that
industries to improve the management
is integrated into their current
of these potentially catastrophic risks.
operation. Our approach is
The Challenge complementary and is designed to
mesh with your current safety
Major mining incidents happen
mangement systems.
infrequently and the passing of time
without incidents is not necessarily an One approach to MPSM is the
indication that all is well and may following:
contribute to a dangerous and growing
Process Safety Risk
sense of complacency. When people
Identification, Evaluation and
lose an appreciation of how their
Assessment - We help you to
safety systems were intended to work,
identify those risks which are
safety systems and controls can
suitable for the application of
deteriorate, lessons can be forgotten,
MPSM and then to conduct in-
and hazards and deviations from safe
depth risk analysis using suitable
operating procedures can be
tools including Layer of Protection
accepted.
Analysis.
The Benefits
Controls evaluation – We identify
Whilst originally developed for the the critical controls and then review
chemical industry, MPSM is equally the adequacy of the documentation
relevant to mining operations. It of each. In addition, we review the
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Mining Process
Safety and Risk
adequacy of the verifications for and to ensure that the critical controls
each critical control to ensure that are maintained and sustainable.
these controls are being routinely
Ibis has worked with Nickel West to
checked and maintained at a high
apply this method to surface and
level of reliability.
underground mines. It has been
Prepare “Risk Owner’s Manual” successfully applied to the risks of
– We prepare a road map underground fire, surface slope
document which helps ensure that stability, underground fall of ground,
the understanding of the risks, the explosives handling, surface mine
controls and the verifications is vehicles interactions and mine winder
consolidated to aid consistent operations.
communication and sustain
Ibis assisted Penrice Soda Products
effective risk management. This is
to conduct a whole of mine risk
often used to ensure that a new
assessment for the limestone mine.
person to the organisation can
This helped to identify safety risks for
quickly climb the learning curve
the operation and provided a sound
and understand their role in
basis for monitoring of the critical
managing the risk.
controls as well as management and
Our Solutions Board reporting.
A range of MPSM services may be Ibis worked with BHP Billiton to
provided including: conduct Layer of Protection Analysis
Risk assessment and hazard on potentially catastrophic risks
analysis, associated with the Perseverance
Layer of Protection Analysis, Deeps Project. These risk
Human factors assessments, assessments supported the design
Safety in design, process to enable selection of more
robust controls which will help
Performance monitoring,
increase the reliability of risk
Safety systems,
management during the operational
Procedure development,
phase of the project.
Training and
Auditing.
For more information call us on
Our Experience
03 9005 4615.
Ibis has worked with BHP Billiton Ibis Business Solutions Pty Limited
Nickel West to develop and implement ABN: 16 094 816 029
a tailored process safety approach to
catastrophic mining risks. The
approach has helped focus
management attention on the low
frequency and high consequence risks
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