A practical safety risk model for monitoring program design

Authors: Venter, J; Hamman, ECF Download Paper Open access courtesy of:

DOI https://doi.org/10.36487/ACG_rep/1905_09_Venter

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Venter, J & Hamman, ECF 2019, 'A practical safety risk model for monitoring program design', in J Wesseloo (ed.), MGR 2019: Proceedings of the First International Conference on Mining Geomechanical Risk, Australian Centre for Geomechanics, Perth, pp. 195-204, https://doi.org/10.36487/ACG_rep/1905_09_Venter



Abstract:
Many publications are available that provide statements of best practice in terms of open pit slope risk management. However, to date none provide a risk model that demonstrates the risk reduction achieved for applying each of the risk management elements. This leaves the slope stability practitioner unable to analytically answer questions such as: This paper applies the Venter and Hamman (2018a) temporal safety risk model to an open pit in West Africa. The paper demonstrates the use of the model to a small saprolite open pit and concludes with recommendations for slope instability registers to facilitate future back-analysis in terms of this model.

Keywords: safety risk model, monitoring frequency, monitoring system design

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