Porcupine North-eastern Ontario Mines Safety Group
May 24th, 2012
Kapuskasing
Julie Culverhouse
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Twisted welding rod wedged on the jogging button for the hypochlorite transfer pump
CULTIVATING PERFORMANCE. DELIVERING VALUE.2
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Investigation
• Failure of whole system:
– Inadequate initial/update training
• Roll out not done with all Operators
• Procedures not updated
– Improper attempt to save time and effort
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Biggest lessons for myself
• Explain why you are changing something
– Simple right? Wrong! Explaining and rolling out a change takes time and effort.
• Listen more
– When someone says “it’s taking to long to…” that might mean they are taking a short cut and the short cut might not be safe.
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