BHP - Driving safety forward

Overview This handbook equips safety roles, risk roles, Local Control Advisors and interested BHP personnel with practical insights and structured approaches to managing fatal risks in mining environments. Grounded in real incidents and proven frameworks, it brings clarity to control types, incident timelines, and how controls are supported to do their job when needed. The handbook is a reference you can return to - supporting better understanding, stronger controls, and safer work.

Contents

Introduction

Why is this safety program needed?

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What is vehicular energy?

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What is so dangerous about vehicles and their energy while moving?

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Vehicle vs environment

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Vehicle vs vehicle

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Vehicle vs person

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Understanding control strategy

Incident timeline: Pre-event, stable, metastable, unstable, damage, post-event

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Types of controls

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How effective are the different types of controls?

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Incorporating the types of controls

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How it all works together

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Designing the framework

The goal of a Control Framework: to prevent and/or reduce fatalities

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How do we come up with a global Control Framework?

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What does the future look like at BHP

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