Mechanical Engineering Safety Seminar

8:00am – 8:30am  |  Registration

9:00am – 10:25am  |  Session 1 

• Welcome and opening address – Chief Inspector, NSW Resources Regulator
• Mechanical engineering update and interactive session – Ben Withers, NSW Resources Regulator 
• Business focus on mechanical engineering excellence – Anthony Clarkson, Hanson Quarry

10:25am – 10:55am  |  Morning tea

10:55am – 12:10pm  |  Session 2 

• Introduction of Bunker - installation and issues – Andy Withers, Metropolitan Coal
• Resilience speaker - "Digging Deeper: Unravelling 'UGRs' for Enhanced Safety in Mining" – Steve Simpson

12:10pm – 1:10pm  |  Lunch

1:10pm – 3:25pm  |  Session 3 

• Hose management – Sean Barrett, Bengalla and Rob Leiss, Westrac
• Conveyor structural collapse – Fred Adams, Holcim
• Supervisor training – John Martin, Bulga Mine and Kent Flaherty Bengalla Mine

3:25pm – 3:55pm  |  Afternoon tea

3:55pm – 4:45pm  |  Session 4

• Winder controls Australia EU (rope handling program), SIEMAG
• Close day one and instructions for seminar dinner – Greg Connolly, NSW Resources Regulator

8:00am – 8:30am  |  Registration

8:30am – 11:15am  |  Session 1 

• Conveyor belting idler rolling resistance efficiency – Jayne O’Shea, TUNRA Bulk Solids
• Crane study and permit – Jessica Tuck-Lee, Mudgee Cranes
• Tyre and Rim Management – Mark Geerssen, EMESRT and  Dr Sara Pazell, VIVIA Health at Work
• New mining equipment purchase, and introduction to site – Shayne Gillett and Phillip Hyde, Mandalong

11:10am – 11:50am  |  Brunch

11:50am – 2:15pm  |  Session 2 

• Preparing for mine closure – Alan Burns, Liddell Mine
• Failure investigations – Geoff Ackerman, ASL Global
• Hydrogen Diesel hybrid engine development- Shawn Kook, UNSW
• Battery electric loader – Peter Patton, CSA Mine