1. Featuring: John Sleigh

2. Code letter: - M -
Question one:
In an emergency, an effective response relies
on everyone following the same plan.
Is there a generic plan that all sites can use?

3. The Australian benchmark
Visit: http://www.ema.gov.au/

4. Emergency management
• Prevention
• Preparedness
• Response
• Recovery
Emergency management throughout Australia follows this four stage cycle:
Prevent, Prepare, Respond, Recover.
Attention to the early levels reduces the later needs.

5. Code letter: - I -
How can we improve confidence and ability for
mine workers responding to an emergency?
Question two:

6. Prevention
• Risk analysis
• Risk Control
• Hazard monitoring
Risk management needs to be local – the hazards and available remedies will
be different at every mine site.

7. Prevention
Hierarchy of Control
• Elimination
• Substitution
• Separation
• Engineering
• Administration
• Personnel protection
• Awareness
Elimination, substitution and separation are called “Hard
Controls.” They do not rely on human intervention or
compliance.

8. Separation
The level of control needed is influenced by the consequences
and the likelihood.

9. Engineering
Engineering controls may still rely on human action or involvement.

10. Awareness
Soft controls, such as training, PPE and communication
totally rely on human activity and compliance.

11. Code letter: - N -
Question three:
How can we be confident our plans will work?

12. Preparedness
A response may be severely delayed unless you can be found.

13. Preparedness
• Medical
• Fire
• Evacuation

14. Preparedness
Adequate resources are required on site to manage
the emergency until professional response arrives

15. Response

16. Response
One company involved in the gulf oil spill had a 56 page emergency
response handbook.
34 pages were about dealing with the media

17. Code letter: - E -
Can you give me an example where the right
precautions were taken in advance of an
emergency, which had a positive effect when it
came to the crunch?
Question four:

18. Recovery

19. If prevention is not completely possible, preparedness is
the next best goal.