Safe and Inclusive Design of Equipment Used in the Minerals Industry

Horberry, Tim; Cooke, Tristan

doi:10.1007/978-1-4471-2867-0_3

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“…Other aspects of diversity addressed in the context of inclusive design include e.g., cultural and social differences [39,40], gender [41], sexuality [42], and the intersection thereof [42]. It also becomes increasingly clear that inclusive design also has a broader relevance for healthcare and workplace design (e.g., [43]). Together these developments in understanding and addressing human diversity have progressively shifted the focus in inclusive design "from THEM -the elderly and disabled in academic parlance -to the US" [24].…”

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Ten questions concerning inclusive design of the built environment

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Steenwinkel

2017

Building and Environment

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In recent years, the design community has witnessed the development of several design approaches aimed at taking into account the diversity of human abilities and conditions during design. One of these approaches is inclusive design, used here as an umbrella term to cover also universal design and design for all. This article addresses some of the common questions that arise when inclusive design is considered in relation to the built environment. It discusses how inclusive design is defined and interpreted, what its relevance, implications and challenges are in relation to the built environment, how it relates to other significant design issues, and how it can be fostered in the future. This introduction to the idea of inclusive design is of interest to built environment professionals and researchers seeking a more holistic approach to the built environment. Foregrounding the diversity in human interactions with the built environment supports reflection on the human impact of design decisions. By offering diverse spatial qualities and use opportunities, inclusive design has the potential to help addressing the challenges of our diverse and ageing society in a sustainable way.

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Ten questions concerning inclusive design of the built environment

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Steenwinkel

2017

Building and Environment

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“…Therefore, further work with manufacturers of original mining equipment to better bring end user perspectives is our strong recommendation. Recent work by Horberry and Cooke (2012), investigating the ways a major original equipment manufacturer obtained end user feedback, and by Burgess-Limerick, Joy, Cooke, and Horberry (2012), to help mining companies better assess equipment-related risks during procurement, are both promising steps forward.…”

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“…The minerals industry continues to be overrepresented in global fatality and injury statistics (Cooke, 2015; National Institute for Occupational Health and Safety, 2008; Simpson, Horberry, & Joy, 2009). Many of these incidents involve mobile mining equipment, such as haul trucks, bulldozers, and excavators (Cooke, 2015; Horberry & Cooke, 2012). The example that we explore in this article is getting into and out of an operator’s cabin in a bulldozer.…”

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Improving Mining Equipment Safety Through Human-Centered Design

Horberry

Burgess-Limerick

Cooke

et al. 2016

Ergonomics in Design: The Quarterly of Human Factors Applicatio

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The need for human-centered design in the mining industry to help develop safe and fit-for-purpose equipment is first described. A tool that was specifically developed for mobile mining equipment by the authors and colleagues is introduced; it combines the application of participatory ergonomics, qualitative risk management, and safe design. A case study using this tool for mobile mining equipment access and egress is then presented. The case study shows that focusing on end users and their tasks by means of a structured, human-centered process can help to produce safer redesigns of mining equipment.

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“…-Safety in design‖ is becoming an increasingly-used approach in a variety of high-hazard domains. Also known as -safe design‖ or -prevention through design‖, the general process seeks to eliminate health and safety hazards, or minimise potential risks, by systematically involving end-users and decision makers in the full life cycle of the designed product or system [6]. As the name implies, it involves occupational health and safety (OHS) through the original design, not safety by procedure or through retrofit trial and error.…”

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“…Therefore, in order to create the safest equipment possible, designers must predict how their designs will shape the behaviours of miners in the context of the different sites around the world [6]. OMAT was consequently designed to provide a user-engagement processes to identify and assess the risks in the design of mining equipment.…”

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EDEEP—An Innovative Process for Improving the Safety of Mining Equipment

Burgess-Limerick

Joy²,

Cooke

et al. 2012

Minerals

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Fifteen multi-national mining companies are currently members of the Earth Moving Equipment Safety Round Table (EMESRT). Formed in 2006, EMESRT engages with mining equipment manufacturers with the aim of accelerating improvements in the safe design of mining equipment. An initial stage in this process was to communicate industry understanding of the risks in the form of -design philosophies‖ that describe potential unwanted events in eight hazard categories. A technique for analysing risks associated with operation and maintenance tasks, the Operability and Maintainability Analysis Technique (OMAT), was subsequently developed and trialed. The next step is the EMESRT Design Evaluation for Equipment Procurement (EDEEP) process. The aims of requesting manufacturers to follow this process are to provide equipment purchasers with a common way of assessing how well the issues in the EMESRT Design Philosophies are addressed in the equipment design; and to provide manufacturers with additional information for use during equipment design. The process involves identifying priority tasks based on frequency and severity of the consequences of potential unwanted events identified in the EMESRT Design Philosophies; undertaking a task-based risk assessment of priority tasks in conjunction with site-based personnel; evaluating the effectiveness of control measures; and providing information about safe design features in a standardised format.

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Safe and Inclusive Design of Equipment Used in the Minerals Industry

Cited by 6 publications

References 5 publications

Ten questions concerning inclusive design of the built environment

Ten questions concerning inclusive design of the built environment

Improving Mining Equipment Safety Through Human-Centered Design

EDEEP—An Innovative Process for Improving the Safety of Mining Equipment

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