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Nathan Thompson Assistant Mechanical Engineer

Conveyors – Management of Catastrophic Risk. Nathan Thompson Assistant Mechanical Engineer. A Brief History of Metropolitan Colliery. Metropolitan Colliery is located about 1 hr drive south of Sydney in the southern coal fields, within the township of Helensburgh. The mine opened in 1888

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Nathan Thompson Assistant Mechanical Engineer

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  1. Conveyors – Management of Catastrophic Risk Nathan ThompsonAssistant Mechanical Engineer

  2. A Brief History of Metropolitan Colliery • Metropolitan Colliery is located about 1 hr drive south of Sydney in the southern coal fields, within the township of Helensburgh. • The mine opened in 1888 • The mine is currently owned and operated by Peabody Energy

  3. Slide title Sub heading • Insert photo of Helensburgh without mine plan

  4. What is a Catastrophic Risk in an Underground Coal Mine? • The events that are of a Catastrophic Risk involving an Underground Coal Mine Conveyor system are: • Entanglement • Fire

  5. Our Conveyor System

  6. High Potential Incidents

  7. Where to go from there? Management plans Budget Labour Concrete Design Fit for purpose equipment Training Close Inspection RTD’s Inspections Installation TARP Thermography Belt attendants Vibration analysis Deputy Inspection Maintenance FRAS CO Detection

  8. Conveyor TARP Sub heading • Bullet points

  9. Where to go from there? Management plans Conveyor Crews Budget Labour Concrete Design Fit for purpose equipment Training Close Inspection RTD’s Inspections Installation TARP Thermography Belt attendants Vibration analysis Deputy Inspection Maintenance FRAS CO Detection

  10. Introduction of Belt Crews- 27th April 2009 There Mission To supply the mine with safe, efficient and reliable Conveyor system, capable of conveying sufficient product to meet the mine business plan. The conveyors will be maintained to a high standard by a skilled workforce. There Goal 12 months ConveyorHighPotentialIncident Free. HOW?

  11. The Belt Crews Dutie’s • Installations to a high standard • Inspections • Statutory • Audits • Belt Maintenance • Mechanical • Electrical • Belt cleaning • Management of Defects new & old. • Identify , resource & eliminate • Project work • Continual improvement

  12. Conveyor Team Structure

  13. Success So Far? • No High Potential Incidents since the implementation of the conveyor crews, leading to our goal of No HPI’s • 855 Defects found and rectified • 1173 areas of spillage cleaned • Belt availability has increased • Production records have been broken

  14. Continuous Improvement • Conveyor workgroup • Meet every 2 months • Group consists of Engineers, Trades, Operators and Deputies • Regular Audits • Designing of new equipment to improve efficiency • Root Cause Analyses to remove the issues not just fix them when they happen

  15. The Future… How Does it Look? • Future upgrades • New lease area etc Existing Workshop Existing 600 tph conveyor Existing Office Buildings

  16. The Future… How Does it Look? New Office Building New Workshop New 3,500 tph conveyor

  17. Nathan ThompsonAssistant Mechanical EngineerThank you

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