Critical risks are risks that can lead to catastrophic and fatal incidents, and workplace physical and mental health exposures that can cause permanent disability to workers. This webinar discusses past and present workplace health and safety performance information that led to the adoption of the critical risk approach. It discusses lead practices associated with critical risk and control management covering both bowtie analysis and the International Council of Mining and Minerals critical control approach and
how these can be applied to improve the identification and management of controls needed to address such risks. It covers lessons learned from work health and safety investigations and how the investigation process can be adapted to better link learnings to risk management and reporting activities. The webinar will provide insights gained from working with companies that have been implementing this approach.
Presenter: Prof Maureen Hassall, Minerals Industry
Safety and Health Centre, Sustainable Minerals
Institute, The University of Queensland
Maureen is director and professorial research fellow of the University of Queensland’s Minerals Industry Safety and Health Centre and director of UQ R!SK. She has over 30 years experience working in industry and in academia developing and leading innovative transformational change projects in risk management, human factors, systems and process safety engineering and organisational development. She is passionate about delivering evidence-based research and education solutions that deliver significant and sustainable improvements to the health, safety and wellbeing of workers, work processes and workplaces.
Mary’s qualifications include engineering and psychology degrees, a MBA and a PhD in cognitive systems engineering. Maureen
is a registered and chartered professional engineer, a certified practicing ergonomist, and a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
