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Guideline for Vehicle Seating
This guideline provides information on the correct design and adjustment of vehicle seating to prevent injury. Guidance on positioning of the steering wheel and seat to provide back support and methods of reducing vibrations are discussed. Diagrams showing the correct... Read more
Back Injury Control Measures for Manual Lifting and Seat Design
Development of more efficient supply-handling systems, innovative approaches to supply-handling problems, and proper design of manual lifting tasks can greatly reduce the risk of back pain, as can attention to proper design of seating. Engineering controls that emphasize workstation and... Read more
Seating Design Principles
Many factors combine to make it difficult to design a suitable seat for underground mobile applications. These include height limitations due to seam thickness, fore-aft and lateral space limitations due to the small size of the operators compartments, and the... Read more
Laboratory Investigation of Seat Suspension Performance during Vibration Testing
Researchers performed laboratory studies on four passive and two semi-active seat suspension designs. These six seat suspension systems were tested and analyzed, for vertical vibration only, using the ISO 5007 Standard. ... Read more
ROPS With Seat Belt Saves Lives
What A bulldozer driver was pushing a tree to clear a track to develop a new haul road. He felt the front of the bulldozer drop over the edge and then the bulldozer rolled over onto its roof. The bulldozer was... Read more
SEAT BELTS
Over the years, many miners who were not wearing or were not provided seat belt restraint systems, were killed in accidents involving moving vehicles at surface facilities ... Read more
Shuttle Car Cab Modifications
Problem The current design of the shuttle car cab has resulted in a number of back, shoulder, neck and knee injuries. Solution A shuttle car design review team instigated boundaries and design modifications to reduce ergonomic and health and safety hazards. Engineering solutions... Read more
Influence of Posture and Multi-Axis Vibration Onreation Time Performance and Perceived Workload
Whole-body vibration exposure has been found to negatively influence health, comfort and performance. Performance measures are affected by the task and situation investigated, so it is difficult to make detailed recommendations based on fundamental research. There is little knowledge on... Read more
LHD Operator Posture Assessment
What To determine the postural deviations and low back load required for line of sight from the operator's position. Why The bi-directional nature of load haul dump (LHD), vehicle design dictates the operators sit in a centrally located seat position, perpendicular to the... Read more
Underground Workstation Design Principles
Machine designers call any location on a mining machine where one or more operators routinely control machine functions a workstation. Some types of mining machines, such as roof bolters, can have multiple workstations. The environment poses many challenges for the designers... Read more
Bad Vibrations
The nature of whole-body vibration (WBV), its sources and prevention are the subject of this Handbook. It aims to assist people in the mining industry to identify and manage the risks associated with vibration exposure. It is for use by... Read more
Minerals Industry Safety Handbook Part 5 : Equipment and Machinery
This chapter of the Minerals Industry Safety Handbook covers the mine site hazards associated with machinery. Sections in this chapter cover hazards and where they may occur (confined spaces, elevated platforms etc.), hazardous plant (pressure vessels, guarding of moving parts),... Read more
Major Hazard Standard Related Document: Specifications for Surface Earthmoving Equipment
The general specifications contained in this document apply to all earthmoving equipment used in WMC surface mines. They have been developed from the EOFT Standards and statutory requirements. They do not apply to personnel transport vehicles and light vehicles. Where... Read more
E-Facts: Prevention of vibration risks in the construction sector
Vibration is a serious health risk for workers in the construction sector. The two main types are hand-arm and whole-body vibration. The former can cause neurological and motor disorders in the hands and fingers, as well as circulatory disorders in... Read more
Ergonomic Principles For The Design of Underground Locomotives
Underground investigations of a wide cross section of locomotives have revealed a number of limitations in ergonomic aspects of their design which could influence both the safety and efficiency of the operation. This handbook is intended to provide designers of... Read more
Major Hazard Standard Related Document: Assessment of Surface Earthmoving Equipment
This document consists of a template used to assess Surface Earthmoving Equipment. A table containing a list of items from specifications is provided. Compliance of the item, or an alternative method of verification, is to be recorded in the table,... Read more
Reducing injury risks associated with underground coal mining equipment A handbook arising from ACARP Project C14016
What This handbook aims to collate this information in two parts. Part one draws on the information obtained to provide a snap shot of current best practice for the management of underground equipment injury risks. The focus of this section is... Read more
Human Factors Engineering Specific Analysis
To provide the reader with information on wether a tool or piece of equipment is accepatable in terms of Human Factors engineering (HFE) design which can be very dependent on the manufacturers testing program prior to marketing. Many HFE issues,... Read more
An Ergonomic Evaluation of Excavating Operations: A Pilot Study
What "The objective of this study was to systematically characterize the ergonomic hazards associated with excavating operations." ... Read more
Ergonomic Risk Factors: A Study of Heavy Earthmoving Machinery Operators
What This paper reports the results of a study performed to evaluate ergonomic exposures among operators of heavy construction equipment. It also provides recommendations for reducing ergonomic exposures such as vibration and postural stress. ... Read more
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