Road Safety Approach BHP Billiton – How can technology ... · • Controls to reduce risk. – Construction camp with two weeks of residency – Judicious use of busing – Controlled

Road Safety Approach BHP Billiton – How can technology help us reduce risk

Ewan Alexander VP Health, Safety, & Environment 25 March 2014

Safety Share

Ewan Alexander, VP Health, Safety, & Environment, 25 March 2014 Slide 2

Road Traffic Risk

Slide 3 Ewan Alexander, VP Health, Safety, & Environment, 25 March 2014

Controls

Slide 4

• 5* Roads

• 5* Vehicle Selection

• 5* Drivers

Ewan Alexander, VP Health, Safety, & Environment, 25 March 2014

5* Roads

Slide 5

2011 Study • Increase in road traffic will likely

increase fatalities on related roads from 4 per year to 5 per year.

• Controls to reduce risk.

– Construction camp with two weeks of residency

– Judicious use of busing

– Controlled hours and select routes to haul (gravel as an example)

– Road upgrades, including paving and intersection improvements

Define Road Network


Traffic Volume on Defined Road Network

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Define Road Network Traffic Volume Distribution

• < 1,000 veh/day 36%

• 1,000 – 5,000 veh/day 61%

• 5,000 – 10,000 veh/day 3%

• 4 fatalities per year

• 14 serious injuries per year in nonfatal crashes

• 43 total injuries per year in nonfatal crashes per year


Crash Rates

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Map 2 – Crash Rate


Road Risk Rating

Alternatives

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Estimated Crashes, Fatalities, and Serious Injuries per Year on the Road Network Serving the Jansen Mine Site for the Peak Construction Period (2014)

Scenario Description

Scenario Crashes per year Number of injured persons per year

Fatal

Serious injury

Fatal Serious injury

BHP Billiton

Staff

Others

Total

Staff

Others

Total

Normal Traffic 2014 -- 4.61 28.11 0.00 4.82 4.82 0.00 29.39 29.39

Normal Traffic 2014 + Daily Commuting

A 5.53 33.72 0.58 5.16 5.74 2.96 31.45 34.41

Normal Traffic 2014 + Daily Carpooling

C 5.24 31.99 0.57 5.11 5.58 3.41 30.60 34.01

Normal Traffic 2014 + Two Week

Residence On Site for 80% of Workers

B 4.92 30.03 0.20 4.93 5.13 1.01 30.09 31.10

Estimated Risk for Alternative Scenarios for Travel To and From Work


BHP Billiton

Analysis leads to action

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Lowest Risk Scenarios for Travel To and From Work (2014) • Two-week residence on site (assumed for 80% of workers) provides the

lowest risk for travel to and from the Jansen site during the peak construction period

– Daily commuting in single-occupancy vehicles: 0.6 fatalities and 3 serious injuries per year

– Daily carpooling: 0.6 fatalities and 3.4 serious injuries per year – Two-week residence on site: 0.2 fatalities and 1 serious injury per year

for Jansen construction staff


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Estimated Crashes, Fatalities, and Serious Injuries per Year on the Road Network Serving the Jansen Mine Site for the First Year of Normal Production Operations (2023)

Scenario Description

Scenario Number of injured persons per year

Fatal

Serious injury

Fatal Serious injury

Staff

Others

Total

Staff

Others

Total

-- 5.04

Crashes per year

Normal Traffic 2023 30.75 0.00 5.27 5.27 0.00 32.15 32.15

A 5.41 32.97 0.23 5.41 5.64 1.17 32.97 34.14

C 5.28

Normal Traffic 2023 + daily commuting

Normal Traffic 2023 + daily carpooling

32.24 0.23 5.35 5.57 1.37 32.60 33.98

D 5.13 31.29 0.22 5.29 5.51 1.32 32.25 33.57

Normal Traffic 2023 + daily vanpooling

Normal Traffic 2023 + daily commuting by small bus

F 5.09 31.04 0.05 5.29 5.33 0.51 32.24 32.75

E 5.09 31.04 0.04 5.29 5.33 0.53 32.25 32.77 Normal Traffic 2023 + commuting by large bus

Estimated Risk for Alternative Scenarios for Travel To and From Work (2023)


BHP Billiton BHP Billiton

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Lowest Risk Scenarios for Travel To and From Work (2023) • Lowest risk scenario appears to involve use of small buses (15 passenger)

with carpooling or vanpooling where there are not sufficient employees to support bus service

• Large bus scenario (40 passengers) has similar risk, but most severe crash scenario could overwhelm available emergency medical services


Analysis leads to action

5* Vehicles


5* Drivers

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• In Vehicle Monitoring System • Journey Management • Fatigue Management • In development, Driver Training


Core Principle


Any fatality or injury is one too many

Summary

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Category 1

Category 3

Category 4

• In BHP Billiton, we are taking serious steps to reduce the probability of fatality or serious injury on our affected road network.

– Construction Camp – Road improvements – Vehicle selection – Driver Training

• What else can be done collectively in the community?

– Improved roads – Improved drivers – Improved vehicles


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