MNE525

042253

Effective and efficient prevention, response, and recovery from emergencies and disasters is a business necessity for every mine operation. Prevention relies on risk management and safety systems built on risk identification, root cause delineation, measurement, and monitoring which are strengthened and optimized by regular evaluation using exercises. Disaster response that mitigates the severity of the actual emergency requires tools and specialized training that help bring calm during chaos with tangible results (e.g., saved lives, saved environment, saved infrastructure, and saved equipment). The infrastructure needed for effective mine disaster response includes components ranging from incident command, miner self-escape, aided escape, and mine rescue. Following mitigation of the most severe aspects of the emergency, the organization begins the process of recovery that returns the mine to a safer operation than before the event. Recovery considers a spectrum of impacts to personnel (physical and psychological trauma), the environment (contamination), infrastructure (damage to ground control, ventilation, and data systems), and equipment (cost and length of time to replace/repair damaged machinery). This course will dive deeply into the history of major mine disasters and resultant federal regulatory responses, best practices in risk management and safety systems, incident command systems including self-escape and mine rescue, and application of business continuity plans to efficiently and effectively return the mine to a state of safe operation.

GRD - Regular Grades A, B, C, D, E

Graduate

MNE425