Mine Safety: Risk, Reason and Regret

Summary

Participate in an interesting and intriguing look into accidents, incidents, environmental excursions and other events that shape the landscape of risk that industrial enterprises must navigate. Risk assessment, risk perception and risk communication will all be examined within the framework of well known industrial events such as: the Exxon Valdez, the Westray mine disaster, the Sunshine mine disaster, Chernobyl, Three Mile Island, the Piper Alpha disaster, the space shuttle disasters and the Titanic. Each case study will be presented by a combination of documentaries, cause and effects summaries and analysis using a new model involving Cognitive Patterning and Boundary Condition and Decision Analysis.

Who Should Attend?

This workshop is intended for those in heavy industry who are interested in modelling safety
behaviour or those who are responsible for ensuring compliance with generally accepted industry practices and legislation. Mine management, health, safety and environment professionals, human resources and public affairs officers are encouraged to attend.

List of Suggested Reading:

• Set Phasers to Stun by Steven Casey, Aegean Pub. Co, Santa Barbara, Ca, 1998
• Managing the Risks of Organizational Accidents by James Reason, Ashgate Pub, UK, 1997
• The Challenger Launch Decision by Diane Vaughan, The U. of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1996
• Columbia Accident Investigation Report Volume 1, The USA Government, August, 2003
• The Logic of Failure by Dietrich Dorner, Metropolitan Books, Germany, 1996
• The Blame Machine by R.B. Whittingham, Elsivier Butterworth Heinemann, MA, 2004
• The Deep Dark by Gregg Olsen, Crown Publishers, NY, NY, 2005
• The Truth About Chernobyl by Grigori Medvedev, Basic Books, Moscow, 1991
• Inviting Disaster by James R. Chiles. Harper business, NY, NY, 2002
• The Westray Story by Justice K. P. Richard, Province of Nova Scotia, 1997
• Human Error by James Reason, Cambridge University Press, UK, 2003
• Responding to community Outrage by P. Sandman, American Industry