With Whitehaven Coal consolidating its position as a leading ASX-listed coal producer, the mining company intends to play a more significant role within EMESRT. Whitehaven has changed its EMESRT membership from Tier 2 to Tier 1, which will enable it
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New Hope Group joins EMESRT
EMESRT, a global initiative involving major mining companies welcomes new member New Hope Group. Founded in 1952, the New Hope Group is an Australian coal producer with associated coal port, oil and gas, and agricultural operations. More information on the
EMESRT ICMM ICSV VI Stakeholder Workshop
Fifty individuals representing 18 entities, with an accumulated 788 years of mining and technology experience are currently attending a two-day workshop in Brisbane, Australia. The EMESRT and the International Council of Mining and Metals (ICMM), Innovation for Cleaner Safer Vehicles,
EMESRT ICMM ICSV VI Leading Sites Workshops
EMESRT and the International Council of Mining and Metals (ICMM), Innovation for Cleaner Safer Vehicles (ICSV), Vehicle Interaction Leading Sites Cohort 2 three-day workshop is underway in Brisbane, Australia today. The three-day workshop (23 – 25 October) follows on from
EMESRT capitalises on industry engagement in addressing known tyre-handling fatality exposures
Over the past two days (19 – 20 Sep), 28 individuals representing 16 entities attended a two-day tyre and rim workshop in Brisbane. The two-day workshop enabled EMESRT to capitalise on industry engagement and make progress in addressing known fatality
Tyre handler industry resources
Following on from the recent release of the tyre handler scenario-based storyboard animations, EMESRT makes available further tyre handler resources to industry, and they are: Tyre handling operations: direct and indirect interactions Problem-based design statement: tyre handler operator statement Tyre
Tyre and rim industry initiative presented at the MESS Forum 2023
Thank you to Mark and Sara for making the time to travel to Sydney and present. Mark and Sara have subsequently been asked to present the status of the EMESRT projects to the NSW Mining Engineering Managers Safety Seminar on
EMESRT publishes Elimination of Live Work definition
Serious incidents involving “Live Work” have become more prevalent in the industry as the technical complexity of designs has changed the way we conduct many traditional tasks. This has led to calls for the industry to eliminate the need for
Tyre handler scenario-based storyboard animations available to industry
Incidents involve stored energy release during rapid deflations or catastrophic disassembly of wheel assemblies, tyre fires or explosions from pyrolysis, vehicle interactions, or crush injuries when moving tyres and wheels or working near the mobile equipment. EMESRT launched its tyre and rim industry initiative in 2018. EMESRT
EMESRT presents at the MSHAC vehicle interaction safety forum
Tony Egan, EMESRT Advisory Group member representing Glencore, presented at the Queensland Mining Safety and Health Advisory Committee vehicle interaction safety forum on Wednesday 12 July 2023. The forum provided an opportunity for participants to openly collaborate and share learnings
EMESRT ICMM ICSV VI Leading Sites Forum
The inaugural leading sites forum webinar took place on 20 June 2023 with 22 participants contributing to discussions. The forum was formed following the recent Leading Sites four-day workshop attended by 34 participants representing Alcoa, AngloAmerican, Antofagasta, BHP, Freeport, Glencore,
Performance Requirement 4 Translated
The EMESRT Performance Requirement 4: Mobile Equipment Fire Management, published in December 2021, has been translated into four languages: French, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish. The objective of Performance Requirement 4 (PR-4) is to provide structured and comprehensive information that can
EMESRT 2022 Activity Report
The EMESRT 2022 Activity Report has been published. The Activity Report provides a summary of EMESRT activities including industry level project progress, engagement with industry and how EMESRT operates. It also highlights a number of milestones achieved in collaboration with
EMESRT presents at Resources Regulator Forum
On 22 February, EMESRT presented to an audience of 300 who attended the industry-wide collision avoidance forum hosted by the Minerals Council of NSW and the New South Wales Resources Regulator. EMESRT provided forum participants with an update on the International Council on Mining
Fire, Tyre and Rim Management
The first EMESRT mobile equipment fire management and tyre and rim technical working group monthly meeting for 2023 was held on 7 February. What did the attendees hear: There were five dozer rollovers in a week and a half in
EMESRT VI TWG first monthly meeting for 2023
The first EMESRT Vehicle Interaction (VI) Technical Working Group (TWG) monthly meeting for 2023 was held today. The safety share for this meeting was the recent New South Wales Resources Regulator incident notification that led to the death of
Mobile Equipment Fire Management Project Report 2018-2023
EMESRT first turned its attention to mobile equipment fires in 2007, when it published an initial Design Philosophy (DP-4) focussing on fire. DP-4 is a high-level overview of problems that can lead to adverse consequences from mobile equipment fire events.
Technical working group monthly meetings
The final EMESRT technical working group monthly meetings for 2022 were held this week. The EMESRT Advisory Group wishes to thank each and every one of the group members for their ongoing contribution and support in the vehicle interaction, tyre
Global industry webinar focussing on fire

If you missed out on the EMESRT Mobile Equipment fire Management global industry webinar held on the 16 November 2022 you can access the recordings, resources discussed and questions and answers via this link https://emesrt.org/global-industry-webinar/
EMESRT Vehicle Interaction Control Project

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