Fatal Risk Critical Control Verification - Fall of Ground

• Prepared by:

• Location:

• Date:

  Date

• Task/Activity:

• Brief Description of Task/Activity

• Document Number:

• Make sure you know which Fatal Risks are present in your work area!

  

• If any fatal risk controls are not effectively implemented or maintained the task/activity should be stopped immediately and the related risks needs to be re assessed by a competent person.

Fall of Ground - Surface

• These CRITICAL CONTROLS needs to be in place to minimize fall of ground.

  

• Does the activity present Surface fall of ground risks.

  Yes

  No

Competency

• Has the worker been trained and authorized, and does the worker understand the components of Fall of Ground activity?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is the worker familiar with the FRA and critical controls?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Ground Control

• Have identified ground control hazards and mitigations been communicated from geotechnical to supervisors and frontline operations in between shifts?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are the highwalls scaled and free of debris, and are the catch benches adequate?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are team members maintaining loading faces at a safe working height/angle and are not positioning themselves between mining equipment and the face?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is there a barrier (e.g., berm or jersey barriers) in place to stop people and mobile equipment from entering areas where material can fall from a high wall/excavation?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is the highwall/stockpile built and maintained to plan design?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are team members entering restricted areas without permission? (e.g., base and crest of highwalls/stockpiles, benches, mining faces, dumps and blasting areas)

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is the surface water control installed and maintained according to design and clear of obstructions? (e.g., storm water drains)

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Barriers/Barricades and Exclusion Zones

• Are restricted areas demarcated and signed? Is employee entry prohibited without authorization?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are employees not entering equipment swing radius or blind spots unless positive communication is established, equipment is shut down and any blades/buckets/rippers/etc. are lowered to the ground? Are barriers/barricades and exclusion zones being communicated and maintained?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Engineered Support System & Geotechnical Inspection and Monitoring Systems

• Do installed trenching controls meet or exceed Excavation and Trenching Standard requirements? (e.g., shoring, sloping, benching designs, or hydro excavating)

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is a ground disturbance/dig permit at the work site and filled out correctly?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is there functioning ground displacement detection equipment in place for all areas of the pit wall where there is a risk of failure?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Uncontrolled Ground Movement Procedures

• Do the employees understand the emergency procedures? (e.g., seismic, primary/secondary escape)

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Fall of Ground - Underground

• Does the activity present Underground fall of ground risks.

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Competency

• Has the worker been trained and authorized, and does the worker understand the components of Fall of Ground activity?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is the worker familiar with the FRA and critical controls?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Ground Control

• Have identified ground control hazards and mitigations been communicated from geotechnical to supervisors and frontline operations in between shifts?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is an adequate length scaling bar immediately available to workers?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Does it appear that scaling/sounding has been conducted in the active work area?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is there a barrier in place to stop people and occupied mobile equipment from entering areas where ground fall hazards exist?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are employees working in supported ground?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Barriers/Barricades and Exclusion Zones

• Are restricted areas demarcated and signed?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are employees not entering equipment blind spots unless positive communication is established, equipment is shut down, brake set and any blades/buckets/etc. are lowered to the ground?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is there a barrier or barricade and sign in place to prevent employees from entering areas where material can fall?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Engineered Support System

• Has the correct ground support been installed per the site’s Ground Control Management Plan?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is shotcrete/paste/backfill being installed in compliance with the Ground Control Management Plan?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is there a ground support testing program in place and to standard? (e.g., pull testing)

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Geotechnical Inspection and Monitoring Systems

• Is the work being performed within the design limits? (e.g., cut sheets)

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• If design variances are noted, have controls been implemented to mitigate the hazard?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

Emergency Procedures

• Do the employees understand the emergency procedures? (e.g., seismic, primary/secondary escape, and refuge locations)

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are up-to-date escape and evacuation maps available and communicated?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• When was the last drill and what had we learn from it?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

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• Person Conducted Fatal Risk Critical Control Verification.

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