Risk Management Services
MANY mining companies struggle to implement a critical and risk and control management framework that is easy to manage, flexible and gets top-down and bottom-up ownership.
With bowties as the go-to risk assessment methodology, common issues include getting stuck in endless risk workshop and review cycles, losing buy-in from operators and maintainers, and struggling to keep the leadership team on board because of the inefficiency of the process.
The International Council on Mining and Metals ( ICMM) developed a standardised Critical Control Management framework to help operators navigate the implementation challenges.
Even so, making the process work sustainably using existing tools or spreadsheets can tie a company in knots.
And in any case, how many ways are there of assessing a confined spaces, working at heights or vehicle interaction risk?
Understanding the risk is vital to understanding how the layers of protection are built around people and assets.
And the bowtie is one of the best tools for that job.
But bowties don’t reduce risk, only controls reduce risk.
Meercat chief executive Alex Apostolou, said that ‘risk management’ can be a misnomer.
“It’s all about control management,” he said.
“Most companies know exactly what their controls are — organisational, procedural or engineering — what they don’t know is how fit-for-purpose they are, how well they are implemented, and how well are they being used, and that requires regular review and verification.”
Based on input from many of its mining customers, Meercat has brought together a built-for-purpose mining risk management package, which includes a library of best-practice risk bowties, their critical controls and performance standards, and verification templates to help mining companies avoid re-inventing the wheel and get traction implementing critical control monitoring and improvements.
Meercat RiskView is considered by a number of operators as the best-in-class risk and assurance management solution for the mining industry.
As well as integrating all the necessary risk and assurance tools, it also provides the framework to deliver the rigour, oversight and insight businesses need to keep their plant, processes and people operating at peak performance.
It’s fast to deploy, secure, and drives safety conversations around control health and effectiveness between everyone in the company.
Get faster to safety
Meercat RiskView’s mining package includes ready-made dashboards, risk registers, best-practice bowties, performance standards and verification templates.
With Meercat’s mining package, the company will have you ready for risk within weeks – leverage the risk knowledge to get your organisation safer, faster.
More information: www.meercat.com. au/mining