This presentation explores examples of safety-related issues that may occur during the introduction of automated components in the mining context, and provides guidance on the adoption of human-systems integration methods for the safe implementation of automation in mining.

23. Automation does not remove people
from the system – it changes the role
they play.
Human-Systems Integration is a
Systems Engineering process which
ensures that the joint system functions
optimally

24. Systems Engineering
Requirements &
Analysis
Design &
Development
Testing &
Evaluation
Human-systems Integration
Staffing
Personnel
Training
Human
factors
engineering
Safety
Health
Determining the number and characteristics of roles
required to safely operate and maintain the system
Determining methods for selecting people to fill required roles
Extent, and nature, of training required for safe system operation and
maintenance; methods of competency assessment and training required for
maintenance of competence.
Consideration of human capabilities and limitations. Particular attention required to
interfaces; methods include task analyses, human performance measurements,
participatory human-centred design techniques, eg., human-in-the-loop simulation
Analysis, evaluation and control of safety risks through design. Methods
include hazard and operability studies, layers of protection analysis, failure
mode and effects analysis, task-based risk assessment, critical control risk
management techniques, system-theoretic process analysis, and
functional safety analyses.
Applying risk management methods to minimise
health risks to system operators and maintainers, as
well as anyone else potentially impacted by the
system
Number and characteristics of roles required to safely
operate and maintain the system
Determining methods for selecting people to fill rolesExtent, and nature, of training required for safe system
operation and maintenance; methods of competency
assessment and training required for maintenance of
competence.
Consideration of human capabilities and limitations.
Particular attention required to interfaces; methods include
task analyses, human performance measurements,
participatory human-centred design techniques, eg.,
human-in-the-loop simulation
Analysis, evaluation and control of safety risks through
design. Methods include hazard and operability studies,
layers of protection analysis, failure mode and effects
analysis, task-based risk assessment, critical control risk
management techniques, system-theoretic process
analysis, and functional safety analyses.Applying risk management methods to minimise health
risks to system operators and maintainers, as well as
anyone else potentially impacted by the system