Date: 7 August 2007
Venue: AAMI Stadium, West Lakes, South Australia

This conference, the first of its type ever held here in South Australia, began the task of elevating the worth of safety and managing the growth in a way that encourages the development of a safety culture based on sharing information and learning from experience.

 

Download the Conference Flyer

• Growing Safely Conference Flyer [215KB]

Conference Presentations

9:20am

• Managing the Changing Safety Demand from Exploration to Production [40.2MB]
  Presented by John Nitschke, Executive General Manager - Australia, Oxiana Limited

9:50am

• Integrating Contractors HSE Management Systems - A Contractor's Perspective [17.3MB]
  Presenter: Jim McCristal, Regional Director, Fluor HSE Australia & Asia Pacific

10:50am Information Sessions

• (A) Safework SA's Role & Hazard Statistics in the Resources Sector [171KB]
  Presenter: Simon Ridge, Safework SA
• (B) Work Site Induction for New Employees - Best Practice [12.4MB]
  Bill Byrne, National Safety Manager, United Group Resources
• (C) Safety Management Systems - Getting Employees at the Coal Face to put a Safety Plan into Action [16.9MB]
  Presenter: Debbie Hagenbruch, OHSE Superintendent Whyalla, HWE Mining Pty Ltd
• (D) Safety in Design [23.5MB]
  Presenter: Tom Mosquera, Infrastructure Executive, Parsons Brinckerhoff SA

11:40am

• Contractor Management - An Operator's Perspective [PPT:35MB Open/Run to see video]
• Contractor Management - An Operator's Perspective [ZIP:35MB Save to Disk and unzip, includes video]
  Presenter: Grant McLaren, BHP Billiton, Olympic Dam Expansion Project, Deputy Project Director

1:30pm

• OHS Regulatory Reform - Role of the National Mine Safety Framework [243KB]
  Presenter: Rob Rawson, Director, Safety & Health, Minerals Council of Australia

1:50pm Information Sessions

• (E) Working with Cultural Diversity [22.6MB]
  Presenter: Steve Hemming, Head of Australian Studies, Flinders University
• (F) OHS - A Profession in Demand [268KB]
  Presenters: Ben Wilson and Chris Ginever, Wilson People Management
• (H) Fitness for Work/Fatigue Management - Incorporating Drug & Alcohol Issues [2.5MB]
  Presenter: Peter Simpson, Boylan Simpson & Simpson, Corporate Psychology Services Pty Ltd

3:10pm

• Recent Legal Developments for Directors and Managers [273KB]
  Presenter: Paul Cutrone, Partner, Sparke Helmore Lawyers

3:50pm

• Creating a Safety Culture at Prominent Hill [6.7MB]
  Presenter: Ric Buratto, Gneral Manager, Thiess Pty Ltd

4:20pm

• Emergency Evacuation Readiness [42.9MB]
  Presenter: Dr John Setchell, General Manager Health Services, Royal Flying Doctor Service