Beck Engineering - stability

Question 1

What does safe work act 2008 mandate

Answer 1

that operators of the mine are responsible for maintaining a safety case for all activities that may be exposed to major hazard

Question 2

What is part of a mine licence to operate

Answer 2

safety case that involves communicating information about a hazard and risk that could lead to a major incedent. Also explaining what the mine will do to continuously confirm that an unsafe condition is not present

Question 3

What does legislation require that resulted in TARPS

Answer 3

*adverse scenarios are not happening
*things not originally foreseen are not evolving
*control measures are working
*assumptions are correct

Question 4

What are the key stages in a stability safety case (hypothesis)

Answer 4

Observe and measure; analyse; redesign

Question 5

what are categories of analysis and design

Answer 5

observation and measurement of rock engineering and seismology

Question 6

What is the objective of a model

Answer 6

to support development of a safe plan

Question 7

what are TARPS in terms of the level of control

Answer 7

they are lower control measures based on human made hypothesis

Question 8

what do successfully managed mines rely on

Answer 8

expert human intuition, knowledge, and imagination to appreciate a range of hazards.