CRINUM MINE SAFETY CRINUM MINE SAFETY INITIATIVEINITIATIVE

CRINUM BOOT END CONVEYOR BARRIERCRINUM BOOT END CONVEYOR BARRIER

HISTORICAL FACTSHISTORICAL FACTS

AFTER MANY YEARS OF LONGWALL MINING ACTIVITY, THE AREA OF EXPOSURE FROM THE LONGWALL BOOT END TO THE FIRST BAY OF CONVEYOR STRUCTURE HAS BEEN AN AREA THAT HAS A HIGH POTENTIAL FOR INJURY

IT IS AN AREA THAT PEOPLE CONSTANTLY WALK PAST

THEY ARE NEXT TO A FAST MOVING EXPOSED CONVEYOR THAT IS BEING LOADED WITH COAL FROM A BEAM STAGE LOADER

HISTORICAL FACTSHISTORICAL FACTS

THE POTENTIAL FOR STONE AND COAL BOUNCING FROM THE BELT IS A CONSTANT THREAT

THE POTENTIAL TO TRIP/FALL ONTO THE BOTTOM BELT AND BE CAUGHT IN THE RETURN ROLLERS IS THE MAJOR RISK

HISTORICAL FACTSHISTORICAL FACTS

THROUGHOUT THE INDUSTRY AND AT CRINUM, WE THROUGHOUT THE INDUSTRY AND AT CRINUM, WE HAVE PROGRESSED FROM HAVING NO BARRIER HAVE PROGRESSED FROM HAVING NO BARRIER BETWEEN THE WALKWAY AND THE CONVEYOR TO BETWEEN THE WALKWAY AND THE CONVEYOR TO PROTECT PEOPLE TRAVELLING PAST THIS AREA, PROTECT PEOPLE TRAVELLING PAST THIS AREA,

TO HAVING A FLEXIBLE HEAVY PLASTIC MESH,TO HAVING A FLEXIBLE HEAVY PLASTIC MESH,

THIS GAVE PROTECTION FROM FALLING ONTO THE THIS GAVE PROTECTION FROM FALLING ONTO THE CONVEYOR BUT VERY LITTLE AGAINST LARGE CONVEYOR BUT VERY LITTLE AGAINST LARGE STONE OR COAL PIECES BOUNCING OFF THE STONE OR COAL PIECES BOUNCING OFF THE CONVEYOR POTENTAILLY HARMING PERSONNELCONVEYOR POTENTAILLY HARMING PERSONNEL

HISTORICAL FACTSHISTORICAL FACTS

OTHER MINE SITES HAVE A SIMILAR METHOD IN OTHER MINE SITES HAVE A SIMILAR METHOD IN PLACE TO STOP INTERACTION WITH THE BELTPLACE TO STOP INTERACTION WITH THE BELT

THERE HAS BEEN A NEED IN THE INDUSTRY FOR THERE HAS BEEN A NEED IN THE INDUSTRY FOR SOMETIME TO HAVE SOMETHING MORE SOMETIME TO HAVE SOMETHING MORE SUBSTANTIAL IN PLACESUBSTANTIAL IN PLACE

WE BELIEVE THE SYSTEM WE ARE INTRODUCING AT WE BELIEVE THE SYSTEM WE ARE INTRODUCING AT CRINUM CAN FULLFIL THIS NEED AND REDUCE THE CRINUM CAN FULLFIL THIS NEED AND REDUCE THE RISK TO PERSONNELRISK TO PERSONNEL

ORIGINAL CRINUM BELT BARRIERORIGINAL CRINUM BELT BARRIER

PLASTIC MESH PLASTIC MESH BARRIER.BARRIER.

THIS IS FIXED TO THIS IS FIXED TO THE OUTBYE THE OUTBYE END OF THE END OF THE BELT BELT STRUCTURE.STRUCTURE.

ORIGINAL CRINUM BELT BARRIERORIGINAL CRINUM BELT BARRIER

THE INBYE END OF THE INBYE END OF THE MESH IS AT THE MESH IS AT THE BOOT END THE BOOT END AND IS WOUND AND IS WOUND ONTO A SPINDLE ONTO A SPINDLE EACH TIME THE EACH TIME THE BOOT MOVESBOOT MOVES

CONCEPTCONCEPT

MICK PARSONS (Longwall Operator), IDENTIFIED MICK PARSONS (Longwall Operator), IDENTIFIED THE NEED AND DREW A BASIC DRAWING OF A THE NEED AND DREW A BASIC DRAWING OF A MESH GUARD SUPENDED FROM OUR EXISTING MESH GUARD SUPENDED FROM OUR EXISTING MONORAIL AND APPROACHED THE LONGWALL MONORAIL AND APPROACHED THE LONGWALL MANAGEMENT TEAM FOR THEIR THOUGHTSMANAGEMENT TEAM FOR THEIR THOUGHTS

THE IDEA WAS TAKEN UP BY THE LONGWALL THE IDEA WAS TAKEN UP BY THE LONGWALL MAINTENANCE COORDINATOR AS THE DRIVER TO MAINTENANCE COORDINATOR AS THE DRIVER TO DEVELOP IT FURTHERDEVELOP IT FURTHER

MICK ALONG WITH LONGWALL OPERATORS EDDIE, MICK ALONG WITH LONGWALL OPERATORS EDDIE, PETE AND BRAD BUILD A PROTOTYE TO TRIALPETE AND BRAD BUILD A PROTOTYE TO TRIAL

ORIGINAL CRINUM BELT BARRIER AND ORIGINAL CRINUM BELT BARRIER AND PROTOTYPEPROTOTYPE

THE ORIGINAL THE ORIGINAL BARRIER BARRIER WITH THE WITH THE PROTOTYPE PROTOTYPE BARRIER IN BARRIER IN FRONT OF IT.FRONT OF IT.

DESIGN AND MANUFACTUREDESIGN AND MANUFACTURE

MACQUARRIE MANUFACTURING WERE CONTACTED MACQUARRIE MANUFACTURING WERE CONTACTED AND THEY ASSISTED WITH THE DESIGN AND AND THEY ASSISTED WITH THE DESIGN AND MANUFACTURE OF THE SYSTEM FOR CRINUMMANUFACTURE OF THE SYSTEM FOR CRINUM

A SERIES OF DESIGNS WERE TABLED AND WHEN IT A SERIES OF DESIGNS WERE TABLED AND WHEN IT WAS AGREED ON THE MOST EFFECTIVE THE WAS AGREED ON THE MOST EFFECTIVE THE BARRIER WAS BUILTBARRIER WAS BUILT

DESIGN AND MANUFACTUREDESIGN AND MANUFACTURE

METHODMETHOD

THE SYSTEM IS SET UP ON 2 PARALLEL MONORAIL BEAMS MOUNTED FROM THE EXISTING SERVICES MONORAIL SUPPLYING THE LONGWALL FACE

THE MONORAIL SYSTEM HAS A LENGTH OF 15 METRES, CONTINUING FROM THE BOOT END TO THE LAST STRUCTURE BAY

EACH OF THE TWO MONORAILS HAS A MESH BARRIER 7.5M LONG

THESE ARE SUSPENDED BY CHAINS FROM THE MONORAIL RUNNERS

METHODMETHOD

WHEN BOTH BARRIERS ARE IN THE NORMAL WHEN BOTH BARRIERS ARE IN THE NORMAL POSITION (FULLY STRETCHED OUT) THEY WILL POSITION (FULLY STRETCHED OUT) THEY WILL COVER UP TO 15M OF POTENTIALLY EXPOSED COVER UP TO 15M OF POTENTIALLY EXPOSED CONVEYORCONVEYOR

THESE ARE LOCKED TOGETHER UNTIL STRUCTURE THESE ARE LOCKED TOGETHER UNTIL STRUCTURE IS REQUIRED TO BE REMOVEDIS REQUIRED TO BE REMOVED

WHEN THE BOOT END IS RETREATED UP TO THE WHEN THE BOOT END IS RETREATED UP TO THE CONVEYOR STRUCTURE, STRUCTURE BAYS ARE CONVEYOR STRUCTURE, STRUCTURE BAYS ARE REQUIRED TO BE REMOVED REQUIRED TO BE REMOVED

THE BARRIERS ARE SIMPLY UNCLIPED AND THE BARRIERS ARE SIMPLY UNCLIPED AND SEPERATEDSEPERATED

METHODMETHOD

THE INBYE SECTION OF BARRIER IS MOVED TO BE THE INBYE SECTION OF BARRIER IS MOVED TO BE ADJACENT TO THE OUTBYE SECTION THIS NOW ADJACENT TO THE OUTBYE SECTION THIS NOW ALLOWS THE INBYE CONVEYOR STRUCTURE TO BE ALLOWS THE INBYE CONVEYOR STRUCTURE TO BE REMOVEDREMOVED

ONCE STRUCTURE HAS BEEN REMOVED, BOTH ONCE STRUCTURE HAS BEEN REMOVED, BOTH SECTIONS OF BARRIER BOTH SECTION ARE MOVED SECTIONS OF BARRIER BOTH SECTION ARE MOVED INBYE EXPOSING THE OUTBYE SECTION WHICH IS INBYE EXPOSING THE OUTBYE SECTION WHICH IS THEN REMOVEDTHEN REMOVED

MESH BARRIERMESH BARRIER

ONCE THESE BAYS ONCE THESE BAYS HAVE BEEN HAVE BEEN REMOVED THE REMOVED THE BARRIER IS FULLY BARRIER IS FULLY OPENED UP AND OPENED UP AND LOCKED IN PLACE, LOCKED IN PLACE, PROVIDING PROVIDING GUARDING TO THE GUARDING TO THE EXPOSED EXPOSED CONVEYORCONVEYOR

CONCEPT OWNER MICK PARSONS

MESH BARRIER FULLY EXTENDEDMESH BARRIER FULLY EXTENDED

VIDEO CLIP PRIOR TO DELIVERYVIDEO CLIP PRIOR TO DELIVERY

MESH BARRIER UNDERGROUNDMESH BARRIER UNDERGROUND

CONCLUSIONCONCLUSION

THE NEW MESH BARRIER HAS BEEN IN USE FOR THE NEW MESH BARRIER HAS BEEN IN USE FOR SOME TIME NOW AND IS WORKING VERY WELL SOME TIME NOW AND IS WORKING VERY WELL HAVING BEEN ADOPTED QUICKLY BY ALL CREWS HAVING BEEN ADOPTED QUICKLY BY ALL CREWS

IT IS SEEN BY BOTH U/G PERSONNEL AND IT IS SEEN BY BOTH U/G PERSONNEL AND MANAGEMENT AS A SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT MANAGEMENT AS A SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT TOWARD THE SAFETY OF PERSONNEL IN THE U/G TOWARD THE SAFETY OF PERSONNEL IN THE U/G ENVIRONMENTENVIRONMENT

THE LONGWALL TEAM ARE VERY PROUD OF THEIR THE LONGWALL TEAM ARE VERY PROUD OF THEIR ACHEIVEMENT AND BELIEVE THAT THEY HAVE ACHEIVEMENT AND BELIEVE THAT THEY HAVE DEVELOPED AN INGENIUS SOLUTION TO AN DEVELOPED AN INGENIUS SOLUTION TO AN INDUSTRY WIDE HAZARDINDUSTRY WIDE HAZARD

THE TEAM Mick, Eddie, Brad, Pete, Mike.THE TEAM Mick, Eddie, Brad, Pete, Mike.

THANK YOU!