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2010 Workshop Schedule
Monday, February 22, 2010
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM Workshop Registration
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM IMA-NA Safety and Health Committee Meeting in Majestic Ballroom A&B (Members only)
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM Opening Reception, Exhibits Open
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM Breakfast
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM Registration
Environment, Safety and Health Section
8:00 AM – 10:00 AM
Shawn Galloway (ProAct Safety, Inc.): Behavior – Based Safety’s Role in a Mine’s Safety Culture
10:00 AM – 10:30 AM
BREAK, Exhibits Open
10:30 AM – 12:00 PM
Adele Abrams (Law offices of Adele Abrams): How to Deal with MSHA Subjective Citations
12:00 PM – 1:30 PM
LUNCH, Exhibits Open
1:30 PM – 2:00 PM
Mike Pankonin (Association of Equipment Manufacturers): Fall Protection Issue with Equipment
2:00 PM – 2:30 PM
Dag Yemenu (ISNetworld): Contractor and Supplier Information Management Best Practices
2:30 PM – 3:00 PM
Cole Wist and Hugh Thatcher (Olgetree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.): Why Don’t You Talk to Me Anymore? Understanding and Navigating MSHA’s Citation Conference Procedures
3:00 PM – 3:30 PM
Andy O’Brien (Unimin Corp): NISA OHP Manual
3:30 PM – 4:00 PM
BREAK, Exhibits Open
4:00 PM – 4:30 PM
William Porter (NIOSH): Development and Evaluation of an Ergonomics Audit Program for Mitigating Ergonomics Deficiencies in Mining
4:30 PM – 5:00 PM
Jennifer Duke (CAT Simulators): Where Training Meets Technology
5:00 PM – 5:30 PM
Terry Maholland and Kevin Peterson (Vortex Valves): Addressing Environmental and Safety Issues with Dry Material Handling Valves
5:30 PM – 6:00 PM
Wendy Schlett (GZA GeoEnvironmental): Developing an Environmental Management System to Reduce Risk and Liability in Your Operations
END OF SESSION
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM Reception, Exhibits Open
Operations, Engineering and Sustainable Development Section
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
8:00 AM – 10:00 AM
Frank Palkovitz (Golder Associates): Paste Technology for Effective Tailings Management
10:00 AM – 10:30 AM
BREAK, Exhibits Open
10:30 AM – 12:00 PM
Margie Flynn and Hallie Rich (BrownFlynn): Sustainability Reporting: Leveraging Reporting as a Management Tool
12:00 PM – 1:30 PM
LUNCH
1:30 PM – 2:00 PM
Hugh Grey (Golder Associates): Energy Management: Reducing Energy Costs in the Mining Industry
2:00 PM – 2:30 PM
Phil Duke (The Mouat Company): Facility Project Planning and Implementation
2:30 PM – 3:00 PM
Jim Sadowski (Outotec): Advances in Industrial Minerals Processing
3:00 PM – 3:30 PM
Tom Klotz (GZA GeoEnvironmental): Greenhouse Gas Reporting for Industrial Minerals
3:30 PM – 4:00 PM
BREAK
4:00 PM – 4:30 PM
Tom Klotz (GZA GeoEnvironmental): Hot of the Presses: Recent Climate Change Actions You Need to Know
4:30 PM – 5:00 PM
Greg Smith (PHOENIX Process Equipment Co.): Recent Developments in Beneficiation of Industrial Minerals
5:00 PM – 5:30 PM
Eric Wasmund (Outotec): Innovations in Thickener Technology
5:30 PM – 6:00 PM
A.J. DeCenso (Sweco): New Plant for Ultrafine Grinding, Classification and Coating of Barite
END OF SESSION
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM Reception, Exhibits Open
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM Breakfast
Plenary Session
8:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Best Practices for Controlling Respirable Silica Dust in Metal/Nonmetal Mining
For the plenary session, we will be joined by representatives from NIOSH, Andy Cecala, Jay Colinet, Greg Chekan and John Organiscak as they present on dust control.
Overexposure to respirable silica dust can lead to the development of silicosis, a disabling and potentially fatal lung disease. Mine workers are often at an elevated risk for silica exposure since significant quantities of silica can be contained within the ore being mined or the rock surrounding the mined ore. The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) enforces regulations designed to limit the exposure of mine workers to respirable silica dust.
To assist the mining industry with controlling the respirable dust exposure of workers, research into the development of dust control technologies was initiated in the U.S. Bureau of Mines (USBM). In 1996, these research functions were transferred into the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) and continue today. This research led to the development of numerous technologies that have been successful in controlling respirable dust and have been adopted by the mining industry.
NIOSH has summarized available dust control technologies for the development of a “best practices” handbook for the metal/non-metal mining industry. This material forms the basis of this workshop presentation and will included information on:
• Health consequences of overexposure to silica dust
• Dust sampling instrumentation and methodologies to evaluate dust sources
• Dust control applicable to underground and surface mining
• Dust controls for mineral processing operations
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