issue 27 - july 2018 · 2020-07-30 · and as the business continues to grow our slogan safety -...
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ISSUE 27 - JULY 2018
Consider it done.
redpathmining.com
INSIDESite Updates
Do you fear your own body?
50 YEARS OF MINING CONTRACTING
Redpath Leading Young Professional Development
Opportunities in Mining
Mines Rescue in Redpath
Supporting the Community
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MANAGING DIRECTOR’S MESSAGE
We are half way through 2018 and on reflection; the business has notably seen various achievements throughout this period.
As always, safety remains our strong focus for the remainder of 2018. As time continues to accelerate it is increasingly essential to remember that your safety is important, remain diligent not complacent. We want everyone to get home safely and as the business continues to grow our slogan Safety - First, Last and Always should remain paramount.
A summary of our notable achievements in safety performance for 2018 are as follows:
• Cannington ROM - 2037 days TRI free• Cannington U/G - 3728 days LTI free• George Fisher - 1287 days LTI free• Plant Yard - 1057 days TRI free and 4821 days LTI free• Olympic Dam - 907 days LTI free• Narrabri Vent Shaft - 365 days TRI free• Redpath Australia - 1221 days LTI free
New system evolution and implementation is a key component for our technology influenced society and likewise is very important to our business. In the first half of 2018, we officially went live with our JDE Inventory module. This implementation has aligned our inventory and procurement systems into one transparent method. Stage two (to be rolled out before the end of 2018) will move us into a more efficient mobile platform, whereby tablets will give us a “Live” approach to inventory stock counting and cost control.
On the training front our E-leaning Online Induction and Training Program has continued to be a success and assisted in the smooth mobilisation at Lady Loretta. This system, coupled with our Pathways to Excellence Courses, is providing the platform for the future of training at Redpath.
Over the last six months in our Tendering and Business Development areas, we have been successful in winning new work and extending existing contracts in the following locations;
• Telfer Raiseboring - Telfer, WA• Mt Rawdon Cablebolting - North Queensland• Cannington (Option extension) - Queensland
In conclusion, I would like to take this time to remind everyone that safety is a key ingredient to the success of our business. Be diligent in maintaining an increased safety focus and remember Safety – First, Last and Always.
Gavin RamageManaging Director
“BE DILIGENT IN MAINTAINING AN INCREASED SAFETY FOCUS AND REMEMBER SAFETY - FIRST, LAST AND ALWAYS.”
Table of ContentsManaging Director’s Message 02Site Updates Cannington 03 George Fisher 04 MICO 05 Lady Loretta 06 Olympic Dam 07 Narrabri 08 Raiseboring 09
HR Report 10Staff Profiles 12Safety Report 13Do you fear your own body? 14Achievement & Recognition Program 16Redpath Safety Innovator 17
Australia Celebrates 50 years of 18Mining Contracting
Redpath leading Young Professional 21Development Opportunities in Mining
Mines Rescue in Redpath 22Supporting the Community 23
FRONT COVER:Milestone of the first ore crushed at Lady Loretta.
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SITE UPDATESAn insight into our various projects throughout Australia.
CANNINGTON, MOUNT ISA, QUEENSLAND
By: Matt Robson, Project Manager
UNDERGROUND: It has been a big first few months getting up to speed with the myriad of activities that Redpath is involved here at Cannington. The team has continued its good run from the start of the new year by backing up their strong physical performances month on month, and consistently driving improvements through the operational and maintenance teams.
Safety has continued to be our number one priority and has been maintained as the top driver behind everything we do. This quarter has seen the successful and timely closeout of a return to work program for a development crewman who suffered an MTI in February. This is testament to the quality of offsite support and to the high value we place upon our people.
With the number of employees pushing over the 120 mark it’s great to see Redpath’s philosophy of “Safety – First, Last and Always” championed across all levels of the Cannington operation. The challenge is now to maintain the pace while working safely and productively under a well proven operational framework.
We’ve recently focused on developing and solidifying the maintenance team which has already led to lifts in equipment performance and workshop efficiencies. Main items to note here has been the recruitment of Andy Leask as the Maintenance Superintendent, and Chris Dunnell who will be undertaking a maintenance planner role via the Redpath Graduate Program. Chris has a strong mechanical engineering background, and has previously been involved with large scale open cut operations and civil tunnelling projects. In May we saw the Redpath Pathways to Excellence training rolled out to our maintenance managers, planners and leading hands.
We recently saw the toppling of two Cannington records; 91.8m3 of shotcrete applied in 24hrs, over the old benchmark of 84m3, and 487m3 of shotcrete applied for the week, over the
benchmark of 441m3. This is a great effort, well done and thanks to those involved.
It has been great to have joined the safety focused and collaborative relationship that South32 and Redpath have established. This has resulted in consistently meeting and exceeding the ever increasing operational demands of the Cannington operation. I’m looking forward to continuously improving upon Redpath’s standing at Cannington while I try to fill Mitch’s boots. Thanks again for your patience and to all those that have made me feel welcomed into the team.
ROM AND MINOR EARTH WORKS: Redpath has continued to deliver high quality results during the first quarter through the efforts of the Cannington ROM and Minor Earth Works teams.
The Cannington ROM team has now achieved a significant milestone by surpassing 2,000 consecutive recordable injury free work days. The team has continued to set the standard, both within Redpath and the across the industry. South32 and Redpath are now looking forward to championing the achievement and celebrating with all those involved. Well done to those who have consistently demonstrated a strong safety focus since the contract commencement in 2012.
Further to the benchmark safety performance of the ROM operators, Redpath has been heavily involved with the management of environmental controls around the ROM operations, particularly in the area of dust minimisation. We have now seen the completion of the ROM sprinkler system and will have the refinement of timing automation incorporated into its design in the coming weeks. This has been a great initiative lead by the Redpath operators.
A major transition phase has now come to a close with the new underground crusher being completed and commissioned earlier this year. The ROM haulage and crushing teams successfully navigated the
additional interactions and increased production demands while upholding their high safety standard. With the underground crushing and hoist systems recommissioned, Redpath has now overseen the successful close out of the Terex J-1175 jaw crusher hire which was brought onto site to cater for the additional crushing demands during the period.
We have seen the onboarding of four additional Minor Earthworks operators to undertake the construction of South32’s 3MW Solar Farm Project. The Redpath operators have been busily clearing and preparing the 6ha site for the arrival of 7,200 solar panels which once installed will be the 2nd largest solar farm directly linked to a remote mining operation in Australia. Upon completion, the solar farm will have the ability to generate 6,500MWh per year. Even though the scope falls outside of our core business, it is a fantastic example of Redpath’s “Consider it done” attitude being applied. It is great to be involved in the positive steps towards a more sustainable resources industry.
While there will no doubt be challenges in the future I am looking forward to continuing the good work and great safety focus that has been established at the Cannington Mine. Once again, thank you all for the support and guidance during the handover period.
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Where has the time gone? It seems like only yesterday that I was sitting on a beach at the Gold Coast celebrating the New Year, and now here I am onto article number 2 for the July Edition!
2018 at George Fisher has come with it’s own fresh set of new opportunities and challenges which we have had to navigate our way through. Recruitment was busy at the beginning of 2018 with a major staff restructure as well as welcoming a new group of mining trainee’s and experienced operators. We have commissioned new drills, spray rigs, light vehicles and service vehicles while also sending the second of our four combos in for a rebuild. Our group of graduates have had a change of living arrangements and loading at our new and improved batch plant has begun.
With the start-up of new projects in the region George Fisher faced a big manning shakeup. However as we say at Redpath “Challenge is an important part of life” so it’s no surprise that we successfully navigated this period all while continuing to provide a level of service that we can be proud of.
In the last six months we have welcomed some new faces to the George Fisher team. Nicole Barry as Site Administrator who has done a tremendous job handling GFM and MICO paperwork, inductions and a whole range of other demanding tasks. Gareth Rose as Mining
Superintendent who brings with him a wealth of experience from cablebolting to general mining. Lastly Daniel Franceschi as Maintenance Supervisor, transferring from Golden Grove brings with him the highly sought after Jacon Combo experience. Unfortunately while we welcome some, we also have said goodbye to others, Ross Edmonds who has been at George Fisher for three years has accepted a role at Lady Loretta. Ross has done a fantastic job setting us up for a long term stay here at George Fisher. Jena Morrison, who also accepted a role at Loretta and lastly our Maintenance Supervisor Kirby Marr. All three of them have left a legacy on site and we wish them all the best.
Currently we are going through a rebuilding stage at George Fisher, literally and figuratively. We have welcomed six new to mining employee’s in this year alone and have set ourselves a challenge to bring young people into the project and train them into long term prospects. Not only this but the world’s first rebuilt combo 02135 rolled back onto site in January and after some initial commissioning bugs has shown some consistent performance of late. Keeping things on schedule 02134 left shortly after its arrival and we expect to receive it back on site around the time this edition hits the shelves! Big thanks to Tom Bell and everyone in the workshop for their hard work on these machines especially
through the Loretta mobilisation, as mentioned it hasn’t been done before and they have delivered us a quality piece of machinery.
This year George Fisher has had a bit of a face lift, along with the new batch plant we also introduced some new gear to the fleet including; Sandvik Cablebolter, Jacon Combo and a couple light vehicles. This coupled with our continual commitment to service and quality is what assists us in building a presence on site for years to come.
Our graduates have moved from their units into a house “fit for a king” with air-conditioned rooms and a pool. Their new space has been described as “tight” and “sick”, which we can assume means they are enjoying life in Mt Isa a bit more now. However as their graduate program continues we will say goodbye to Matt, Harry and Michael who will be moving shortly to Lady Loretta and Olympic Dam, where they will continue working underground. We wish them the best of luck with their journey.
It has been a mind boggling first half to the year, looking ahead I doubt it will be slowing down anytime soon. To close out my second article of the Redzone I leave you with some words of wisdom, “nobody said it would be easy but everyone says it’s worth it in the end.”
Till next time!
GEORGE FISHER, MOUNT ISA, QUEENSLAND
By: Alex Wheeler, Project Manager
Top Left: Our re-built comboBottom Left: New cablebolter going for a swimTop Right: Taking delivery of a new generation combo 6000Bottom Right: New Batch Plant
Bottom: George Fisher Graduates house
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The MICO project has seen a steady rise in production in the past few months, where we are now exceeding the client’s requirements.
This can only be attributed to all the hard work of our people. Our maintenance team worked tirelessly to come up with the equipment modifications to allow us to be able to use the equipment to its full capabilities. There were some great ideas from the team which have all been implemented and are now the standard.
The most impressive thing from my observations has been the way our team have pulled together, finding solutions to issues that arose and continuing to improve both safety and production on the job.
We now have all the fine tuning done to the batch plant and it has been producing a quality product for the client, exceeding QA testing in addition we are got our batch times down to less than 15 minutes a 5m load.
Along with the batch plant we have also picked up a few new batchers, all trainees from different backgrounds and from all different parts of Australia. One thing that has been made apparent is that although these trainees have all stepped out of different backgrounds they all take their jobs very seriously and are passionate about what they do. It has been great to see people take an opportunity and make the most of it. There is definately a “Consider
it Done” attitude onsite and it’s great to see the team excelling. Every member of the team plays a pivotal part in this jobs success.
MICO, MOUNT ISA, QUEENSLAND
By: Josh Young, Project Manager
Photo credit: Kym Coggan
Summer time storm over the MICO batch plant.
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As I write this we are four months into our contract at Lady Loretta mine, but the way the site has settled down it seems a lot longer! We have a good combination of seasoned mine operators, transferring Redpath employees, returning LLM employees and some fresh faced new starters, all proving to be a good mix. We are ahead of our targets on almost every metric, which is where we would like to stay, but running a mine site is about keeping each element of the mining cycle in balance rather than breaking records.
Under the guidance of Roger Cossar (OHST Manager), the LLM induction and training process has set the scene for the work to come. With around 194 of the eventual 227 Redpath employees on site, the training requirement is huge and we go to great lengths to ensure that content is relevant and shortcuts are not taken.
People have been drawn to LLM by its good reputation, the even time FIFO roster and, of course, the opportunity to work for Redpath. Lady Loretta is a modern mine despite coming out of a two year care and maintenance period. The camp facilities are excellent and the camp caterers, Spotless, have set a high standard in food catering and cleaning. The sealed road to within 18km of the mine (which was completed just before going into care and maintenance) has made the trip in and out a far more pleasant experience
and will prove cost effective now that the road train haulage is under way.
New equipment continues to roll in, with a fleet of eight new Volvo front end loaders/integrated tool carriers arriving and being put to work. We have taken delivery of our two Sandvik DD421 jumbos, three of our four Sandvik LH621 LHDs and four of our five Epiroc MT65 trucks. The light vehicle fleet, which includes four of the Canadian MineCats, is near complete and the Redbore 30 boxhole rig has already completed a number of slot rises. The Automine self guiding remote operation gear has been tested on the first production open stopes - and is already showing great potential to lift productivity. In an increasingly competitive market, Shane Timothy (Maintenance Manager) and Rafe Horsington (Electrical Manager) are pulling together a formidable team of trades people to keep the new fleet in top condition over the life of the contract.
On the surface, the batch plant is operating and the crusher has a full stockpile which is used to load Glencore’s 104t quad road trains. The paste fill plant is now running with the first of the extracted stopes now being filled. Mark Graveson (Surface Superintendent) has his team chomping at the bit to get cracking now that the underground team is well into its stride.
Shaun van der Merwe (Mining Manager) and his alternate, Dave Johnson, have a team of eager young engineers busy turning Glencore’s ore targets into schedules that optimise Redpath’s people and equipment resources. The key to success will be coordinating the interaction of work and keeping a high standard that requires minimal rework. The implementation of the schedules falls to our Mining Superintendents: the ‘say it as it is’ Craig Clifford ‘Desrow’ and the ‘crusty, but crafty’ Mick Gillespie. A mixture of experienced workers and exuberant youth will be the building block for a stable, but progressive underground workforce. In July the production rate increases to around 100,000t, with the full production rate being around 133,000t per month
We really could not have wished for a better start. We know that we will have challenges throughout the course of the contract, but we are building a team that will be able to deal with whatever comes our way and, as we say at Redpath, “Challenge is an important part of life”. The concept of contractors running an entire underground mine is not common. Our goal is to set LLM up as a showpiece of Redpath for clients who see contract mining as an option.
We look forward to providing further updates on the progress in editions to come.
LADY LORETTA, MOUNT ISA, QUEENSLAND
By: John McKinstry, Operations Manager
Top Left: The camp getting ready for a downpour Bottom Left: Some of the crew at mobilisationMiddle: Rory Burke, Marcus Doyle (Glencore), Stuart Reid (GM Zinc Isa Operations), Shaun van der Merwe and John McKinstryRight: Jumbo going underground
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Reading through Rory’s site update from December 2017, a lot of changes have occurred over the past six months for the Olympic Dam Project.
Over 280 employees and in excess of 40 major items of plant are continuing to deliver to BHP Lateral Development, Ground Support, Rehabilitation and Decline Development.
The continued high level of effort and focus is continuing to provide a quality product meeting and exceeding our targets.
The continued challenges are being managed through planning, commitment and focus displayed from all personnel engaged on the project. The project continues under the guidelines of the Redpath way displaying integrity and responsibly in all we do. All this during a time when BHP is going through a number of their own challenges on the mine, a major shutdown and re-alignment of the mines next 5 year plan and direction.
As the growth of our service delivery we have considered how best Redpath can deliver the scope and execute its obligations in a safe and consistent manner. A change in the project management team to provide consistency, single points of accountability and leadership will assist in improving the delivery of the work.
Some new personnel that have joined the project over the past few months are:Alex Mayrick - Project Manager. Alex joined the project in February this year. Alex is a mining engineer and comes with a wealth of experience in contractor and owner operator environments, most recently operating a mine in Africa. Alex has taken the operational reins and has provided valuable leadership and mentoring that is showing results through improved safety, performance and client engagement. Alex will oversee the Lateral Development, Ground Support and TDEC projects combined.
Josef Bartolo – Maintenance Manager. Josef officially joined the OD team in January and was moved into the
Maintenance Manager role replacing Craig Singleton. Josef was previously at the Whenan Shaft project in a Maintenance Management role. Josef is based in Adelaide, attending site every week providing consistency to the maintenance operation.
Craig Singleton has moved into a plant & equipment reliability role while continuing to assist with the management of the maintenance operation.
William Short – HSEC Manager. William has recently commenced at Olympic Dam as the HSEC Manager replacing Costa, who left the team due to unfortunate family issues – we wish Costa and his family all the best and hope for a good outcome. William comes to Olympic Dam from both operating in the health, safety and training fields for contractors and mine operators. William will focus on improving and maintaining the standards of safety and training at the Olympic Dam project. William is based in Adelaide, attending site every week providing consistency to the maintenance operation.
Leesa Hale – Senior Site Administrator. Wade Olivier – Electrical Superintendent. Julian Pinto – Project Engineer.Merik Marino – Project Engineer.
The last quarter has also seen the return of Development Superintendent Shane Joseph from his shoulder surgery.
A number of on-site personnel changes with a number of team members being promoted into new roles including Mark Ireland who has accepted a role as Superintendent within lateral development.
Increase in plant and equipment availability, skilled personnel, supervision and management has provided the foothold for the continuing improvement and delivery of the operational targets with a number of extraordinary daily milestones achieved. The site is well on its way to accomplishing consistent and safe productivities.
The success of any project relies on the dedication, enthusiasm and ownership of the entire team and no doubt with the recent growth of the team and continuing efforts the Olympic Dam project will enjoy long-term success.
While the Whenan Shaft Rehabilitation project remains on suspension it has undergone a number of reviews with BHP and their Engineering partner Hatch with Redpath providing expert contribution to solving how the Shaft can be safely and efficiently rehabilitated. It is anticipated the Shaft work will re-commence late 2018, Redpath ready to recommence the work started in late 2016.
The platform to achieving world class outcomes is built with a safety conviction that is applied to our every action and planning no matter what. The Redpath mantra of “Safety - First, Last and Always” is a reminder that safe operations are owned by each and every one of us.
OLYMPIC DAM, ROXBY DOWNS, SOUTH AUSTRALIA
By: Andrew Barnes, Operations Manager
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At the end of April 2018, the Narrabri project has unfortunately endured some sizeable delays.
When the raisebore pilot hole broke through underground, there was significant ground failure.
Our Client had to drill, blast and rehabilitate this area, which took 3 months to complete.
During this time, the pilot hole also had a failure, which required us to grout the pilot hole from 290 metres below surface (the break through point was at 317 metres).
Once underground rehabilitation was completed, we then re-drilled the pilot hole. The reamer was attached and reaming commenced.
Unfortunately the reaming progressed slower than anticipated, with final break through occurring on 27th January 2018.
Although the completed raisebore was behind schedule, it was a very accurate hole, with an excellent break out at the surface.
Our raisebore guys did a tremendous job of cleaning and packing to have them fully demobilised within seven days from break through.
This included an excellent job of logistics by Ryan Humfrey, our Raisebore Engineer, to have all trucks offsite within this time.
Unfortunately another hurdle was encountered, when a laser survey was completed of the reamed hole. This found three (3) failure areas within the shaft, at approximately 50m, 150m and 210m depths.Our Client had this data reviewed by their Geotechnical Engineers, who
advised the shaft will need to have a shotcrete spray lining of 100mm applied over the lower two problem areas. This was estimated to be in the vicinity of 100 cubic metres of shotcrete.
An external provider, Shaftlining Australia was engaged and, with our assistance, began to apply the shotcrete.
Over five (5) weeks, Shaftlining Australia attempted to apply the shotcrete, unfortunately their equipment was damaged on numerous occasions. Eventually, our Client made the call to abandon the shotcreting, with some 84 cubic metres of shotcrete being applied. Unfortunately most of this was applied in the uppermost failure area to try to abate further falls on Shaftlining Australia’s equipment.
On 26th April, Shaftlining Australia demobilised and we commenced installing our jacking system.
We installed and commissioned our jacking system over four weeks and commenced installation at the end of May. By the end of June, we had 41 liner sections installed to a depth of 125 metres.
We currently envisage demobilising from site by the end of August, after a long and challenging project!.
NARRABRI, NARRABRI, NEW SOUTH WALES
By: Steve Lee, Project Manager
Shaftlining Australia set up on the shaft.
Jacking legs in position.
View from the operators controls.
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“12 RIGS ALL DOING SOMETHING, BUT THEN THERE WERE 13...”
It has been a long time coming but for the past few months all our rigs have been in some form of work or scheduled maintenance.
We haven’t had a chance to take a breath as our considerable workload continues within the raisebore division.
Listed below is where all the rigs and crews are currently deployed across Australia.
Redbore 30 (4) Lady Loretta Fosterville Golden Grove JaguarRedbore 40 (3) George Fisher Fosterville DarlotRedbore 50 (2) Gwalia CanningtonRedbore 90 (2) Granny Smith
The 82R is currently the only rig we have in Perth Workshop for a rebuild.
With the added workload our crews have been doing some long swings, I appreciate everyone’s efforts and in staying focused on getting the job done safely.
We saw some big milestones with Raisebore completing their part in the Narrabri Project, this was a great effort by Matt Johns and his crew. I was there when we broke through and after a sometimes “interesting” hole it was good to see the reamer break through at the top of the concrete. I think the thing we will miss most is the Baan Baan pub and all the delights this great country pub offered. If you ever travel that way, can I suggest you pop in as it is one of the last true country Australian Pubs left.
There was a lot of planning that went into the demobilisation from Narrabri so a big mention to Ryan Humfrey. Ryan successfully managed the demobilisation of our Redbore 90, including 46 trailer loads of equipment, to Granny Smith Mine in WA. Thank you to Steve Lee and his crew for all the assistance you gave us during our time there.
The Redbore 90 arrived at Granny Smith five days later, it was unloaded, checked and now works alongside it’s other 90 sister.
We now have a Redbore 220 at Granny Smith, which is over 4.4 million pounds of thrust. This is what you get when you have 2 x Redbore 90’s and a Redbore 40 all working on the one site.
Around the other sites, Pete has been churning out good metres on our small rigs in WA and VIC. Matt Johns is keeping QLD on track, which leaves “Perry Powell Power” keeping the rigs going at Granny Smith.
Again I would like to thank everyone for their efforts over the past months, but we will need to stay focused and make sure we live and work by our motto of “Safety - First, Last and Always”. Our safety statistics show that in over eight years of rigs being in Australia, we have only had four medically treated incidents, this is a testament to our safety motto being at the forefront of everyone’s mind. Although small, four is still too many so I challenge everyone in Raisebore and the wider Redpath workforce to make sure you stop and think “is this job safe to complete”. There is an old saying “If you think it is wrong, then it most likely is wrong”. Remember that your safety is paramount.
With our increasing demand we have been given the green light to build a new Redbore 30 from our parts stock, to assist in servicing our current contracts. Adding another Redbore 30 to the fleet will take our slot rig number to 10 which would be the biggest slot hole fleet within Australia.
Being able to build the rig in Australia is credit to Scott and his team in getting the approval from our Redpath Raisebore Manufacturing arm in North Bay. No doubt the rig will be of a high standard, on budget and on time. Soon we will welcome rig No. 79 to the Global Raisebore Fleet, the first “True Blue” Australian made Redpath Raisebore.
The first half of 2018 also saw Merik Marino make a transfer to Olympic Dam as Project Engineer. We wish Merik all the best, his chirpy character and humour will be greatly missed. Olympic Dam have gained a great asset.
In April we saw the kick off of footy season. Redpath continues to support the community including many football clubs across Australia, including Olympic Dam, Mount Isa, Bendigo, Kalgoorlie and Perth. It is great to see
Redpath continuing their support in the next generation with the sponsorships including many junior clubs. We are giving children across Australia memories that they will have forever and in 10 years time, you never know you could be looking at the next Mining Manager of a Redpath project.
In conclusion, enjoy the footy season ahead or whatever you watch, but most importantly lets all stay safe and make sure we get home to watch the game!
Have a safe and happy day.
RAISEBORE DIVISION
By: Allan Brady, General Manager - Raisebore
Redbore 30-79 in the initial stages of it’s build.
One of the Junior Football teams that we sponsor, with the Flying R proudly on their jerseys.
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Brisbane - Office
Robert Irons Business Analysis Manager
Jaime Connal Recruitment Advisor
Chris Notnagel Senior Safety & Training Advisor
Brisbane - Plant Yard
Dylan Brown Apprentice Diesel Fitter
Paul Crawford Yardsperson
Nathan Barratt Fitter
Cannington - Underground
Andy Leask Maintenance Supervisor
Matthew Robson Project Manager
Christian Dunnell Graduate Mechanical Engineer
Jason Domin Development Crew
Jamie Ballard Jumbo Operator
Barthelemy Lopez Utility Person
Connor Hamilton Project Crew
Josh Mannix Bits Delivery & Services Crew
Jordan Pons Fitter
Timothy Tubnor Development Crew
Grant Peters Fitter
Steven Porter Trainee Sprayer
Michael Brookes Utility Person
Brendan Tepania Agi Operator
Scott Temple Fitter
Mitchell Beutel Fitter
Matt Connor Development Crew
Clifford Reid Development Crew
Kevin Nelson Development Crew
Johannes Vermaak Fitter
Dave Frew Construction Crew
Liam O'tool Development Crew
Mark Novak Cablebolter
Josh Wilcox Development Crew
Nicholas Age Development Crew
Guy Stewart Development Crew
Chris Adams Fitter
Mal Mckeen Development Crew
Joshua Skinner Agi Operator
Morgan Mcdonald Fitter
James Mueller Fitter
Damian Hone Jumbo Operator
Jeff Clemments Jumbo Operator
Shane Frost Development Crew
Grant Black Auto Electrician
Macca Hall Agi Operator
Cannington - ROMTrevor Batty Multi Skilled Operator
Josh Fox Operator
Justin Quigg Development Crew
Shane Blair Fitter - Rom
Barry Nielsen Grader Operator
Scott Mcvicker Electrician
Barry King Fitter - Rom
Darryl Chong Multi Skilled Operator
Les Thompson Multi Skilled Operator
Graeme Dearden Multi Skilled Operator
Mathew Clark Minor Earth Works Operator
Nathan Hancock Minor Earth Works Operator
Brett Lord Minor Earth Works Operator
Dave Carr Minor Earth Works Operator
Raisebore
Michael Kennedy Safety And Training Coordinator
Benjamin Carter Storeperson
William Byrne Raisebore Driller
Liam Christie Raisebore Driller
Mitchell Clarke Raisebore Offsider
Samuel Bozo Raisebore Operator
Daniel Jones Raisebore Offsider
Darren Cates Raisebore Offsider
Kereama Anderson Raisebore Driller
Pattridge Matsatsa Drill Offsider
Richard Stephenson Drill Offsider
Kyle Jacques Drill Offsider
Zac Boran-Fogarty Drill Offsider
Chris Weller Drill Offsider
Laurie Farrell Raisebore Driller
Drew Wright Drill Offsider
Andy Luxford Raisebore Driller
Mclean Edwards Raisebore Driller
Daniel Moland Drill Offsider
Zeke Courbois Drill Offsider
Chad Pallett Drill Offsider
Daniel Tredennick Fitter
Supamit Leonard Drill Offsider
Blake Fletcher Drill Offsider
George Fisher
Nicole Barry Site Administrator
Gareth Rose Superintendent
Riley Mcaneney Graduate Engineer
Hakeai Piutau Batch Plant Operator
Stan Munster Fitter
Jakob Perry Fitter
Soul Raisebore Offsider
Chandler Fitter
Troy Bianchi Scaling Crew
Harry Akerstrom Mining Trainee
Isileli Otumuli Mining Trainee
Karmokoh Bah Shotcrete Sprayer
Daniel Franceschi Maintenance Supervisor
Olympic Dam
Danny Kingston Cablebolt Supervisor
Bruce Lovett Shotcrete Consultant
Greg Dalgleish Shotcrete Supervisor
Wade Olivier Electrical Superintendent
Peter Ovey Shift Supervisor (Decline)
Harry Swalue Shotcrete Supervisor
Jake Petersen Shotcrete Supervisor
Dean Lewis Cablebolt Supervisor
Dominic Clayton Shift Supervisor (Decline)
Nathan Turner Shift Supervisor - Shotcrete/Cabolt
Stephen Potter Maintenance Supervisor
Breyten Reye Cablebolt Supervisor
Ken Phillips Maintenance Supervisor
Alex Mayrick Project Manager
Bernie Kinnaird Stores / Procurement Supervisor
Alexandra Varga Site Administration Officer
Aaron Courtney Shift Supervisor - Development
Monique Winter Site Administration Officer
William Short Safety & Training Manager
Susan Harrison Storeperson
Clive Fowler Jumbo Operator
Reg Spooner Jumbo Operator
Brian Havlin Loader Operator
James Kelly Loader Operator
Steven Griffin Shotcrete Sprayer
Warren Hull Shotcrete Sprayer - Decline
Matthew Boege Utility Person
Nigel Strong Truck Operator - Decline
Jordan Stokes Development Crew
Travis Black Auto Electrician
David Earl Shotcrete Nipper
Casey Foale Nipper
Andrew Mcmullen Loader Operator
Aaron Reid Shotcrete Sprayer
Ryan Arndt Truck Operator
Joel Struck Electrician
Shane Stewart Nipper
Anthony Herzich Nipper
Corey Blaik Charge Up - Decline
Mark Squire Truck Operator - Decline
Rowan Vehlow Truck Operator
Clint Schmid Shotcrete Sprayer
Mark Cassar Truck Operator
Aaron Lyden Truck Operator
Paul O'Brien Shotcrete Sprayer
Jake Hawes Nipper
James Kenny Shotcrete Sprayer
Wal Monfries Leading Hand Development Crew
Scott Close Shotcrete Nipper
Chris Appleton Fitter
Victor Zajarskas Cablebolt Operator
Chris Sullivan Loader Operator
Damian Dunn Fitter
Alec Irlam Electrician
Scott Goodwin Shotcrete Sprayer
Josh Pens Nipper
Robert Swang Truck Operator
Rory Weeks Charge Up - Decline
Jason Lee Shotcrete Nipper
Jess Ketting-Morina Nipper
Sam Williams Nipper
Jacob Feder Nipper
Lorenzo Nikora Shotcrete Sprayer
Brandon Collins Nipper
David Domingues Nipper
Damian Dunn Fitter
Justin Fletcher Shotcrete Sprayer
Terry Lang Cablebolt Operator
Kasey Cotter Leading Hand Development Crew
Andrew Powell Leading Hand Development Crew
Shaun Orr Development Crew
Joshua Kennedy Fitter
Jade Richards Leading Hand Development Crew
Steven Kitchener Jumbo Operator
Mitch Toogood Fitter
Great start to 2018 with lots of new personnel joining the Redpath team particularly with the mobilisation of Lady Loretta in Queensland.
Welcome to all our new employees and thank you to our existing employees for your efforts over the year and continued efforts into the New Year.
HR REPORTAn insight into employee movements & new starters
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Michael Nairn Shotcrete Sprayer
Justin Cardew Fitter
Simon Dalton Loader Operator
Samantha Cotton Truck Operator
Anthony Guest Development Crew
Ben Mackie Shotcrete Sprayer
Mark Sims Shotcrete Nipper
Nick Jentjens Jumbo Operator
Robert Ross Loader Operator - Decline
Philip Leitch Fitter
Lee Cooper Nipper
James Leitch LV Fitter
Kris Silver Nipper
Daniel Buck Shotcrete Nipper
Daniel Westcott Cablebolt Trainee
Adam Mason Truck Operator - Decline
Rory Hutchinson Cablebolt Operator
Shanon Joyce Utility Person
Stuart Pickering Loader Operator - Decline
Dylan Seccombe Trainee Batch Plant Operator
Riley Larkin Apprentice Diesel Fitter
Julian Williams Batch Plant Operator
Nathan Hafstad Batch Plant Operator
Narrabri
Shaun Freeman Operator
Shane Nipperess Labourer
Jake Farrell Underground Electrician
Travis Brown Underground Operator
Matthew Airey Underground Electrician
Jye Marlow Labourer
Jason King Underground Operator
Raymond Stubbs Labourer
Steven Winsor Labourer
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Darren Leonard Maintenance Superintendent
Mark Pak-Poy Maintenance Superintendent
Jonathan CrossingMaintenance Planning Superintendent
Stephen Holmes Longwall Relocation Supervisor
Lady Loretta
Michael Brodie Maintenance Superintendent
Bobbie Henry Site Administration Officer
Jon Reinders Safety & Training Coordinator
Kristian Schader Service Crew
Dennis Odgers Shift Supervisor
Tania Schader Storesperson
Craig Clifford Mining Superintendent
John Mckinstry Operations Manager - Lady Loretta
Shaun Van Der Merwe
Underground Manager
Ricarda Makim Maintenance Planner
Wesley Morris Maintenance Planner
Tony Jiang Project Engineer
Michael Gillespie Mining Superintendent
Tanya Sleeman Storesperson
John Walker Electrical Superintendent
Tyson Beard Shift Supervisor
David Burgess Safety & Training Coordinator
Trevor Davis Storesperson
Lydia Wells Project Engineer
Domenic Carnovale Project Engineer
Jessica Blew Site Administration Officer
Michael Wakeford Shift Supervisor
Jade Appleby Surface Facilities Officer
Dave Jones Maintenance Supervisor
Daniel Perrin Senior Environmental Engineer
Joshua Pascoe Storesperson
Daisy Cross Environmental Engineer
David JohnsonAlternate Underground Manager
Brendan Griffiths Jumbo Operator
Andrew Stanning Cablebolt Operator
Susan Bell Truck Operator
Grant Marshall Leading Hand Surface Fitter
Damien Graveson Crusher Operator
Michael Grant Batch Plant/Floater
Wilson Mccreath Electrical - Leading Hand
Cameron Naumann Boilermaker
Kylie Wright Batch Plant/Floater
Peter Hart Diesel Fitter
Ryan Dooley Shotcreter
Russell Chapman Diesel Fitter - Leading Hand
Trent Anderson Charge Up Operator
Michael Stuhmcke Diesel Fitter
Matt Wheeler Diesel Fitter
Craig Henderson Diesel Fitter - Leading Hand
Dan Hopkins LV Mechanic
Tane Johnson Shotcreter
Geoff Adler Diesel Fitter
Michelle Olsen Truck Operator - Leading Hand
Warren Peck Service Crew
Jesse Funnell-Kerr Charge Up Operator
Harrison Clyne Service Crew
Benjamin Jeffs Service Crew
James Dickerson Charge Up Operator
Dale Butler Charge Up Operator
Marcus Page Loader Operator
Lynore Bill Truck Operator
Timothy Bill Truck Operator - Leading Hand
Philip Derooy Pastefill Loader Operator
Matthew Wheeler Diesel Fitter
Sean O'donnell Shotcreter
Matthew Kelly Loader Operator
Brock Merrion Loader Operator
Trent Milligan Shotcreter
Clint Kovalik Crusher Operator
Gordon Rudolph Service Crew
Wade Donald Nipper
Jason Giddings Electrician
Grant Wease Diesel Fitter
Corey West Truck Operator
Troy Parry Diesel Fitter
Matthew Rees Charge Up Operator
Carl Fowler Service Crew - Leading Hand
Thomas Cavanagh Nipper
Ged Tuck Batch Plant/Floater
Clint Moeller Diesel Fitter - Surface
Jeremy Jolly Production Driller
Brett Corcoran Batch Plant/Floater
Dean Christmas Crusher Operator
Andrew Jeffrey LV Mechanic
Phillip Simi Jumbo Operator
Josef Waters Service Crew - Leading Hand
Gavin Brock Diesel Fitter - Surface
Tony Rosvall Loader Operator
Michael Moller Electrician
Brett Hardacre LV Mechanic
Jason Efford Auto Electrician
John Wilson Pastefill Loader Operator
Christopher Lavery Diesel Fitter
Michael Dempsey Truck Operator
Wayne Hillion Diesel Fitter
Scott Keppie Electrician
Tim Gatacre Jumbo Operator
Duane Miles Pastefill Plant Operator
Alexander Upham Diesel Fitter
Brett Schmidt Diesel Fitter - Surface
Sion Watson Pastefill Plant Operator
Lourens De Beer Production Driller
Stuart Johnson Electrician
Dean Robertson Diesel Fitter - Surface
Christopher Tremble Nipper
Larry Parker Rom Operator
Brandon Walder Truck Operator
Jason Wakeford Loader Operator
Dane Pratt Rom Operator
Adam Love Diesel Fitter
Timothy Brooker Diesel Fitter - Surface
Jamie Makara Service Crew
Thomas Gilligan Service Crew - Leading Hand
Neil Sweeney Jumbo Operator
Alan Smart Pastefill Loader Operator
Zachary Belz Diesel Fitter - Surface
Cameron Moyle Production Driller
Warren Horton Truck Operator
Raymond Malcolm Auto Electrician
Corey Jackson Batch Plant/Floater
David Wells Diesel Fitter
Jackson Zhang Pastefill Loader Operator
Darren Forrester Diesel Fitter
Sumner Haynes Road Maintenance
Geoff Staub Pastefill Plant Operator
Derick Buerckner Pastefill Plant Operator
Aurelie Lolier Truck Operator
David Gronholt Lv Mechanic
Daniel Churchward Shotcreter
Richard Price Production Driller
Michael Breene Jumbo Operator
Phillip Chiwetu Auto Electrician
Sam Valcke Truck Operator
Courtney Davies Truck Loader Operator
Lionel Gage Loader Operator
Matthew Colls Diesel Fitter
Shaun Matthews Charge Up Operator
Melina Rivers Truck Operator
Jennifer Wilson Service Crew
Raymond Adams Truck Operator
Shayla Price Truck Operator
Brendan Chang Electrician - Underground
Colby Star Nipper
Byron Killian Service Crew
Sally Rossetto Surface Operator
Michelle Osborn Truck Operator
Robert Jankovic Pastefill Plant Operator
Matthew Breen Auto Electrician
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Name: Rhiannon Lisle
Nickname: Ree
Home-town: Toowoomba, QLD
Position: Recruitment Advisor
Length of Service: 1 year and 2 months
Skills needed to do my job: Approachable, patient, organised and great communication skills.
In my spare time I like to: Read a good book, get outdoors, cycling and spending time with friends and family.
Three words that describe me are: Easy going, friendly, dependable.
I am often heard saying: “Where are my candidates medical results” OR “Does anyone
want anything from the vending machine”
Favourite Band/Song: Billy Talent & Greenday
If I could have two hours with any person it would be: Not sure.
Any special talents: I don’t really have any.
Something that my colleagues wouldn’t know about me: I am a massive Melbourne Storm supporter and I completed a Diploma in Remedial Massage after finishing school.
Ultimate holiday destination: Ireland
Brisbane Office Staff Profile
STAFF PROFILES
MEET SOME OF THE PEOPLETHAT MAKE
REDPATH GREAT.
Name: Alex Mayrick
Nickname: There has been too many, most are unprintable!
Home-town: Olympic Village, Roxby Downs
Position: Project Manager
Length of Service: 4 months
Skills needed to do my job: Patience, ability to find humour in frustrating situations, flexibility.
In my spare time I like to: Ski, travel with my family, golf.
Three words that describe me are: Tolerant, direct and dapper.
I am often heard saying: It’s all about you!
Favourite Band/Song: U2
If I could have two hours with any person it would be: Marc Gatt
Any special talents: Speak Spanish
Something that my colleagues wouldn’t know about me: I have run a few marathons.
Ultimate holiday destination: Anywhere new.
Site Staff Profile
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2018 has got off to a flying start, with the focus being on the mobilisation of Lady Loretta for the first quarter, time has passed us by and we are already into the third quarter of the year. First of all I would like to thank everyone involved in the safe and successful mobilisation of the Lady Loretta project, it has been a big effort from all involved.
Unfortunately we have seen a spike in our 2018 safety performance with our TRIFR escalating to its highest level in years. Although the severity of our incidents have been low in nature we are still having incidents that are resulting in our people being hurt. With the growth of any business unfortunately there is increased risk, that’s why it is extremely important that we remember “Safety - First, Last and Always”.
Redpath Australia’s safety performance has been industry leading over several years and we are proud of what we have achieved. Our challenge moving forward for the remainder of the year is to focus on eliminating personal injuries by getting back to basics at the working face. When it comes to our own safety, most of us believe
we have the right skills, experience and know how to keep us out of harm’s way and remain confident in our ability to adapt as the work plan or conditions change. The facts are that we have a tendency to forget the important stuff when the pressure is applied to complete a task. We start taking short cuts and become complacent by believing our experience alone will protect us from the underlying hazards of the task.
Rushing, frustration and complacency are the fundamental failures that have led to the majority of our workplace injuries. When we engage in these risk taking behaviours it is generally unintentional and without the belief that something will happen to us.
Therefore our attitude and mindset is what we need to focus on if we are to reduce workplace incidents. We need to ensure we are starting the day with the right mindset and a positive attitude. Precise communication and planning (Planning, Planning, Planning) can have a significant impact on your attitude and mindset by removing the frustration and the tendency to rush. I truly believe we underestimate the power of planning
and the domino effects that bad planning can have on your mindset and overall moral.
A workplace with poor planning and management drives and embeds a culture of rushing, frustration and complacency which leads to poor attitude and commitment and, as a result, escalates injury frequency rates.
We need to not just focus on the end result but on the journey to get there. We need to ensure we have put the time and effort into planning our work day upfront. We needed to ensure we minimise as many external factors as possible that may impact on the task at hand and cause us to deviate from the plan.
Everyone needs to acknowledge at every level that working safely is our first priority as rushing, frustration and complacency just leads to bigger delays in the end through injury, damage or even poor quality of work.
SAFETY REPORTSafety - First, Last and Always.
“PRECISE COMMUNICATION AND PLANNING (PLANNING, PLANNING, PLANNING) CAN HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON YOUR ATTITUDE AND MINDSET BY REMOVING THE FRUSTRATION AND THE TENDENCY TO RUSH”
By: Graeme Christie, HSEQ Manager
Musculoskeletal injuries are common and has been the most common type of injury in recent years at Redpath Australia.
What are Musculoskeletal injuries/ disorders?
Musculoskeletal Disorders or MSDs are injuries and disorders that affect the human body’s movement or musculoskeletal system (i.e. muscles, tendons, ligaments, nerves, discs, blood vessels, etc.). Common MSDs include: Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, back strains etc.
More often than not, they come about due to a build-up of little strains over time, most of which you won’t even notice because it won’t be overly painful. But this strain builds and builds until your body breaks down and you’re on the wrong end of an acute injury (i.e. torn ligament or tendon) or accumulative strain injury (i.e. lower back strain).
These injuries are directly influenced by poor movement quality and/or a lack of physical capacity (conditioning) but most importantly, by how well you maintain your own body. Look at the guys who you work with who never get injured. Do they know how to release a minor strain when it comes about? Do they seek out a physio on their break? Do they go to the gym to get stronger? Or are they smart about how they approach manual tasks in their job, so that the lifts and movements they perform are actually good exercise for them?
Everyone will have a niggle or a minor strain at some point. Even the best of us. The difference between building towards a major injury or not starts from this point. The good news is, even if you’ve been ignoring niggles and pain for years, you can still do something about it.
So what can you do about it?Your attitude towards how you look after your own body is what will determine if you are setting yourself up for a minor strain here or there; or a major injury which could result in months away from your normal life and routine. Take control
by educating yourself about how things work. Learn why certain parts of your own body hurt and then learn how to fix it. The same way you learned how to fix or maintain a car, truck or your house. Just like these, we all need our own maintenance too. This includes getting more mobile and stronger in the gym, or seeing a physio when your body is tight or stiff. If you’re not sure where to start to learn how your ‘engine’ works, find an expert or two in the field who can help get you started and then guide you in future.
Understanding your body isn’t hard once you know where to look. For example, do you know what your posterior chain is? A strong, well-conditioned posterior kinetic chain plays a massive part in injury prevention in relation to manual handling.
Google or Youtube: Education about the Posterior Kinetic Chain.
Great video: https://youtu.be/XlyBJtci3fQ
What can you do to prevent MSDs or injuries at work?You can start by using these simple steps to protect yourself:
1. Identify problems before they create a musculoskeletal injury – that is, identify if you have any ongoing niggles you’ve been ignoring or restricted movement through your joints. This also applies to identifying any awkward difficult tasks in your workplace.
2. Early reporting if you have an injury, let your site health and safety personnel know. The quicker you do something about it, the easier it is to resolve. This will also assist in the prevention of more serious injuries.
3. Implement solutions to control hazards how can you eliminate or bring the hazard within your control? E.g. You’re in the water with a shark, you can’t eliminate the hazard (the shark), so the next best thing you can do is get out of the water.
In a manual handling task, you can control the hazards by: a. Ensure you have effectively warmed up and are physically ready to perform the task b. Assess the task and size up the load, c. Check if it is a one or two person lift? Is there a mechanical aid you could use? d. Check if you have a clear path? e. Can you avoid twisting or awkward movements while you’re lifting, carrying or getting out of machinery? f. Is the task heavy and/or repetitive? How can you break it up into smaller tasks?
4. Evaluate your progress Be consistent with evaluating your body every day. Understand when you’re feeling a bit tight or fatigued versus when you’re feeling strong, especially when you’re about to perform challenging manual tasks. Also evaluate the current process for how some of the harder tasks are performed. Is it effective? If not, how can it be made easier?
I was always taught growing up, “If it is to be, then it is up to me!” Take control of your own body and its performance. Nobody else will do it for you. When you understand how it works, you will never fear it and you will be able to keep yourself injury free.
By: Geoff Brown, Occupational Health Advisor
Do you fear your own BODY?
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Musculoskeletal Disorders (MSDs)Injuries and disorders that affect the human body’s movement or musculoskeletal system (i.e. muscles, tendons,
ligaments, nerves, discs, blood vessels, etc.). Common MSDs include: Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. Tendonitis.
Common Causes:
Material HandlingInjuries due to lifting, pushing and pulling.
WorkstationJob design, limited/restricited movement, poor ergonomics.
Repetitive motion injuriesRisk factors due to poor movement quality, job design, awkward body motions, and tools.
Inadequate job designPace of work, production pressure, lack of sufficient time to recover from overwork.
Symptoms
Eliminate the RiskUnderstanding your body, being aware of the causes and developing a prevention program is essential. In addition to this hazards are best eliminated at the source. We should focus on eliminating or controlling hazardous patterns of work through innovative changes.
Workplace designFitting your work area to better suit your height or ability. E.g. Ergonomics. How can you move or use something to get to the correct height or avoid overreaching?
Assistive devicesUsing carts, hoists, or other mechanical handling devices. E.g. What can you use to make your job easier by eliminating manual tasks.
Work practicesWorkplace training, allowing rest periods, and more job control. E.g. Plan ahead. How you can rotate work tasks with crew or break up repetitive tasks.
Tool and equipment designEnsuring you have the proper tools that decrease the force and avoid awkward positions. E.g. What tools do you need to make your job easier? I.e. Using a ratchet instead of fixed wrench.
Your body is the best piece of technology you’ll own so maintain it. If you’re having symptoms report early & identify potential hazards/risk factors.
WATCH FOR THE SIGNS
• Pain • Reduced range of movement• Joint stiffness • Numbness• Muscle tightness • “Pins and needles” sensations• Redness • Skin colour changes• Swelling of the affected area
Contributing Factors POOR MOVEMENT QUALITY
IT ALL STARTS WITH YOU
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SAFETY - FIRST, LAST AND ALWAYS.
ACHIEVEMENT & RECOGNITION PROGRAM
Bronze AwardShane Cameron George Fisher
Jade Appleby Lady Loretta
Grant Marshall Lady Loretta
Aaron White George Fisher
Ben Taylor Cannington ROM
Tim Wright Olympic Dam
Catherine Tarr Olympic Dam
John Freeman George Fisher
Lee Cooper Olympic Dam
Ben Stanton Olympic Dam
Matt Berezwick MICO
Geoff Adler Lady Loretta
Douglas Stevens Cannington ROM
Dave Jones Lady Loretta
Marc Krummenacher Olympic Dam
Christopher Codey George Fisher
Jesse Funnell-kerr Lady Loretta
Aaron Morcom George Fisher
Erick Soledad George Fisher
Dean Lavars Olympic Dam
Charles Williams Olympic Dam
Sam Evans Plant Yard
Nigel Ennis Olympic Dam
Seth Williams Olympic Dam
Jesse Funnell-kerr Lady Loretta
Tony Jiang Lady Loretta
Dan Morriss George Fisher
Brendan Griffiths Lady Loretta
Tim Gatacre Lady Loretta
Craig Fisher George Fisher
Luke Keough Olympic Dam
Harry Knox George Fisher
Ben Mackie Olympic Dam
Ash Olsson George Fisher
Shane Kirkpatrick Olympic Dam
Matthew Barry Olympic Dam
Jarrad Treloar Olympic Dam
Brett Schmidt Lady Loretta
Chris Moyses Olympic Dam
Owen Clark Olympic Dam
Steven Daws Olympic Dam
Tristram Birt Olympic Dam
Cody Partridge Olympic Dam
Nigel Ennis Olympic Dam
Justin Orr Olympic Dam
Derek Barnes Cannington U/G
Ben Stanton Olympic Dam
Phil Hayman Cannington U/G
Andrew Blinco Cannington ROM
Andrew Mckay Olympic Dam
Tim Wright Olympic Dam
Seth Williams Olympic Dam
Ben Mackie Olympic Dam
Shane Kirkpatrick Olympic Dam
20 Years’ ServiceJohn March Brisbane Office
15 Years’ ServiceAllan Brady Raisebore
Graeme Christie Brisbane Office
10 Years’ ServiceNicole Prackert Lady Loretta
Ritesh Sharma Cannington U/G
5 Years’ ServiceDarren Callanan Cannington ROM
Terry Sallaway Brisbane Plant Yard
Jared Murton Golden Grove
Shamus Harris Raisebore
Craig Bartlett Raisebore
Michael White Cannington ROM
Andrew Blinco Cannington ROM
Alan Fuss Cannington ROM
Ben Taylor Cannington ROM
Allan Gray Cannington ROM
Malcolm Elliott Cannington ROM
Jon Reinders Cannington ROM
Judd Wisneski Cannington ROM
Damien Graveson Cannington ROM
Jackson Bevan Raisebore
Tim Perry Raisebore
Tim Rodda Raisebore
Peter Cavanough Brisbane Office
Jason Woodbine Raisebore
David Huey Cannington ROM
Bruce Calderwood Golden Grove
Alex Wheeler George Fisher
Charlton Madziwa Olympic Dam
Matt O'leary Olympic Dam
Ross Edmonds George Fisher
1000 days TRI FreeShane Kirkpatrick Olympic Dam
Andrew Barnes Whenan Shaft
John Freeman George Fisher
Aaron Morcom George Fisher
Congratulations to all our 100 & 365 Day TRI Free employees,
thank you for remembering “Safety - First, Last and Always.”
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Silver Award
Matthew Macleod Olympic Dam For the design, fabrication and installation of a guard for the door latch of an Atlas Jumbo. This will assist in eliminating the hazard of thumbs being jammed in the door latch. This guard was designed following an incident where an operator fractured their thumb in the latch.
Aaron Morcom George Fisher Designing and implementing a new hydraulic cooling system to aid the issue of machines overheating. This also made maintenance and access to the hydraulic valving easier and more efficient.
Congratulations!Redpath would like to congratulate two members of our Senior Management Team, who 15 years ago begun their journey with Redpath. Good work Graeme & Allan, looking forward to many more years to come.
Graeme Christie (R) - 15 Year Service Award Allan Brady (R) - 15 Year Service Award
John March (R) - 20 Year Service Award
Alex Wheeler (R) - 5 Year Service Award
Peter Cavanough (R) - 5 Year Service Award
Jon Reinders (R) - 5 Year Service Award
Sam Elvy (L) being presented with his 1000 days injury free award by Steve Hambrecht
(R)
Jason Woodbine (R) - 5 Year Service Award
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REDPATH • SAFETY • INNOVATORYOU COULD BE THE NEXT
When it comes to innovations in safety...everyone wins.
Have ideas on how to reduce or eliminate safety hazards?
Submit your ideas to your direct supervisor for evaluation on:
• Applicability • Practicality/Functionality
•Originality •Compatibility •PopulationBenefit All Redpath employees are eligible to earn a special “RSI” shirt.
Safety - First, Last and Always.
Redpath Australia’s history is one rich in diverse projects in mining construction and civil work. While Redpath Australia’s lineage includes more commonly known companies such as Eroc, Peabody and Costain, its contract services roots can be traced back to a small civil construction enterprise, Pearson Bridge Pty. Limited. The following is a historical walk through time, starting in 1968:
Pearson Bridge (1968 - 1980)Pearson Bridge undertook most forms of civil construction work including buildings, bridges, dams, port works and pipeline construction.
Redpath Australia’s heritage has firm foundations in the division of Pearson Bridge that was established in 1968, specifically for specialist
underground construction work, and in particular, work in Tasmania.
This work comprised a number of projects which included tunnels and shafts for the Hydro Electric Commission of Tasmania. These tunnels and shafts were approximately ten metres in diameter, with the shafts approximately 130 metres deep. Given these works, declines and ore storage bins for mine sites were also undertaken during this period. The company’s civil construction background, along with their mining clientele, secured jetty and wharf construction projects for Risdon in Tasmania, whilst bridge works were completed for the Tasmanian Department of Main Roads.
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1968 - 2018:AUSTRALIA CELEBRATES 50 YEARS OF MINE CONTRACTINGContributors: John Sheehan, Gordon Shannon, Rob Nichols & Dave Hansman
Gordon River tailrace tunnel10 m diameter by 1 km - Tasmanian
Hydro Electric Commission - 1974
Gordon River Power Station floor leveling.
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Costain Australia (1980 - 1993)The Costain Group, a large UK construction company with a recognised mining division, established Costain Australia in 1960, which went public in 1972. Costain Australia bought into civil engineering with the acquisition of Pearson Bridge Pty Limited in 1980. Costain Australia was created out of two divisions; mining and construction, with the Pearson Bridge underground construction group embedded within the construction arm of the business.
Simon Kidd, who had worked for Pearson Bridge prior to the acquisition, headed the group that focused on underground civil construction. Allan Rossiter eventually took over from Simon, providing tighter focus on civil work.
As work in the underground mining contracting space started to increase in Australia, Costain Australia secured projects at Ardelethan, Woodlawn, and Stawell. Subsequently, the underground civil construction business began to increase its presence in the underground mining space.
This additional work, the increased requirements for capital, and other aspects of the business aligned the underground civil construction group of the business more to mining than construction. The reporting lines subsequently changed so that the underground civil construction
group began reporting directly to the Costain Mining group which was headed by Bob Humphris. This restructure was timely, as the construction arm of the business was closed shortly thereafter. The underground civil construction division continued to prosper under Costain Mining, securing all types of underground work. They continued to have a strong inclination for small to medium civil tunnels and specialist underground work.
Peabody(1993 - 2001)In 1990, Hanson, a UK based industrial conglomerate at the time, acquired Peabody Energy who were a large US coal producer. In 1993,
Hanson then acquired the Australia assets of the Costain Group which included the coal mines and the mining services business.
The Australian businesses were managed by Peabody Energy and hence, the group became Peabody by name, trading as Peabody Resources Ltd until 1997, when it became known as Peabody Mining Services Pty Ltd.
Meanwhile in 1996, Hanson demerged its assets into four entities: Hanson, Imperial Tobacco, The Energy Group and Millennium Chemicals. Peabody was incorporated within The Energy Group.
In 1998, The Energy Group was acquired by Texas Utilities, and as part of that acquisition, Peabody was on-sold to the private equity arm of the Lehman Brothers.
During this period of increased corporate activity, the management team of Bob Humphris and Allan Rossiter made sure that there was minimal impact on day to day operations. People recall this era in Redpath’s development as interesting, and one characterised by support from the management team that headed Peabody in America. Peabody brought with them robust and efficient processes for capital and project approvals, along with solid reporting functions. Of note during this time, Cannington
Gordonstone Coal: 5.2 m wide x 4.5 m high; 1:4 decline approximately 1,000 m in length - 225 m deep x 2.4 m diameter ventilation shaft - 4.3 km of 5 m wide x 3.2 m high in-seam coal roadways - 5 m wide x 3 m high 560 m in length orepass stone drives – 1990.
Prospect Delivery Upgrade - Sydney Water - 7,060 x 3.2 m diameter full circumferential concrete steel lining.
Gordonstone Mine Development Project, Emerald, Central Queensland
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started as a Costain project, quickly transitioned to Peabody, then Eroc, and currently is managed as a Redpath Australia project. Peabody was run by Bob Humphries who had continued on from Costain.
This ongoing relationship and support meant that the underground group continued operating, even though the returns were small in comparison to those of the coal mining group. Despite the higher risks, and the ill fit with the rest of the business, the underground group was kept on.
Eroc(2001 - 2008)In 2001, as the Lehman Brothers were preparing to publicly list Peabody, Peabody’s Australian assets were sold, principally the coal assets, to CNA Resources Ltd - a division within Rio Tinto. CNA Resources Ltd promptly identified that the underground group was not a fit for their business. Bob Humphris, who was not staying on with CNA Resources, and Allan Rossiter engineered a management buyout of the underground group. This management buyout had the backing of Greshams Private Equity Ltd. From this buyout, the business emerged as Eroc.
Eroc brought about a change in focus with the business having a greater willingness to take on more mining oriented projects, on top of their existing underground civil construction work. This meant that development and production opportunities in places such as Ridgeway, Telfer and Canningtonwere secured. Greshams exited in 2006 with excellent returns and bought into Barminco.
Redpath Australia(2008 - Present)Eroc continued until 2008 when Redpath used the business as an entry point into Australia, transforming it into what it is known as today, Redpath Australia Pty Ltd.
Redpath saw Eroc as a good fit for their business due to the similarities in culture, the innovative requirements that comes with underground civil construction techniques and their sound contract mining experience.
In 2018 Redpath Australia remains a leader in Global Mining Contracting, with numerous sites located across Australia and a growing workforce of over 800.
Cannington Haulage Shaft - 5.6m diamter shaft 650m deep - 1997
Coal mining has played a significant role in developing the strong client base that exists in Redpath Australia.
Kelinchi, Maylaysia - Water Transfer Tunnel, 1993
Olympic Dam Decline Project, South Australia (2017).
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With the demand for engineers increasing beyond industry supply once again, a revitalised approach to attracting and developing young professionals has been a big focus for Redpath in 2018.
The refreshed Redpath Graduate Development Program is a three year platform designed to complement our young professionals’ academic education and existing work experience and ensure that graduates joining Redpath continue to grow and be challenged both professionally and personally. Redpath value the professionals on the Program and see them as a critical part of the future success of the business. This is clearly evident by former Redpath Graduates; Matt O’Leary – Olympic Dam Supervisor, Merik Merino - Olympic Dam Project Engineer, and Alex Wheeler – George Fisher Project Manager.
The ultimate goal is to develop the graduate’s management and technical skills by providing the training and experience required to successfully complete their First Class Mine Managers Certificate of Competence.
There are currently 11 Redpath Graduates covering a diverse range of skillsets including Safety; Kristian Schader, Mining Engineering; Eden Roscoe, Matt Butler, Rob Jankovic, Brad Drake, Lydia Wells, Michael Cerbasi, Harry Knox, Riley McAneney, Damien Abrahams, and Mechanical Engineering; Chris Dunnell. Redpath’s current project spread allows a unique opportunity to offer these 11 enthusiastic young professionals a wide variety of opportunities.
The group will gather in Brisbane over the next couple of months to complement their practical experience with some professional development training, as well as a social catch up to share some of their recent site experiences.
After spending time with many of these focussed and committed young people, it is clear Redpath’s future is in capable hands.
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By: Mitch Gowland, Operations Manager
Clayton Donnelly; Redpath Commercial and Tendering Manager (left) joins Stuart Reid; Glencore Zinc General Manager (centre) and Riley Mackey; engineering student (right) at a recent University of Queensland graduate networking event to spruik the many graduate opportunities that exist currently in North-West Queensland.
Name: Eden Roscoe
Age: 23
Lives: Wollongong, NSW
Degree: Mining Engineering - University of Wollongong
Site: Olympic Dam
Current Role: Jumbo Op
Best Graduate Experience: Development charging at Olympic Dam while working with an awesome crew of mates would have to top the list.
Most Challenging Graduate Experience: Learning to operate the jumbo has been by far my most challenging graduate experience.
Next Move: Lady Loretta in August/September 2018 to start an engineering role and gain exposure to production.
Interests Outside of Work: Travelling, surfing, snowboarding.
What I’ll be doing in five years: In terms of my career I’d like to be challenging myself in a leadership position at one of Redpath’s exciting projects. During my breaks I plan to continue spending as much time in the surf and the snow as possible, living life to the fullest.
Advice to new Graduates: Give 100% and have a good crack in all your rotations. Be flexible in your approach to both your role and your graduate program, but also push yourself to achieve what you want out of your career. Finally, get as much hands on experience as possible and enjoy the experience.
Graduate Profile
Redpath leading Young Professional Development Opportunities in Mining
Redpath Cannington Construction Crew member Jade Clemments has a reputation for being calm under pressure. His level headedness and ability to make sound decisions in high stress situations has led to Jade being promoted to Crew Captain of the Cannington Emergency Response Team (ERT).
After starting with Redpath in 2008, Jade joined the Cannington ERT in 2010. Through six years of hard work and dedication to training, Jade was deservingly appointed crew leader in 2016 where he now leads a highly skilled team of twelve South32 emergency response personnel.
Contractor engagement in mine owner ERT programs is often met with hurdles such as conflicting rosters and fluctuating contract terms which can disrupt the stability of client emergency response. Redpath’s long term relationship with Cannington has resulted in the flexibility to overcome these obstacles to the extent that a Redpath operator is not only part of the team, but leading his South32 peers.
“Jade’s attitude and enthusiasm for developing himself and his team through the ERT program is obvious. Jade is an asset to our emergency response capacity at Cannington. The fact that a Redpath operator can lead one of our ERT crews is a clear indication of the strength of our long standing working relationship with Redpath, and the success of contractor management more generally at Cannington” offered South32 Contract Manager and ERT Specialist Steve Hambrecht.
Jade’s aptitude and enthusiasm for emergency response has resulted in him being invited to train with Queensland Fire and Emergency Services at a road crash rescue training camp in Cairns, as well as a firefighting course in Brisbane. Jade has proudly just completed his Certificate III in Emergency Response and Public Firefighting Leadership proving just how much of an asset he is to Cannington.
Redpath are proud to have Jade Clemments as part of our Cannington
team, and wish he and the entire Cannington ERT the best of luck at the upcoming Northern Australia Emergency Response Competition in Mount Isa.
Mines Rescue in Redpath
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Jade Clemments (right) leading his Cannington Emergency Response
Team at a recent training exercise
CANNINGTON MINES RESCUE By Mitch Gowland, Operations Manager
LADY LORETTA MINES RESCUE By Tim O’Callaghan, Paramedic/Emergency Response Co-ordinator
The Redpath team at Lady Loretta have completed their first round of ERT training. Twenty students were put through two weeks of rigorous training at the purpose built training facility onsite.
ERT numbers onsite now stand at 25 with future courses planned.
Students have received a Certificate III in Mine Emergency Response and Rescue which included the following competencies:
• Fire Fighting (surface and underground)
• Road Crash Rescue• Search and Rescue• Vertical Rescue• Advanced Medical Care• BG4 and Open Circuit breathing
apparatus
• Confined Space Rescue• HAZMAT Operations
The commitment from both site management and the Emergency Response Team will ensure that we are well equipped to deal with any emergency situation that may arise whilst we are at Lady Loretta.
Staff will now commit to a monthly skills maintenance plan to ensure their new skills and knowledge is kept up to date and tested regularly.
A big thank you to all involved!
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Redpath Cannington Agi Operator Sam Elvy sure has a passion for rugby league. So much so that after identifying a deficiency in the accessibility and professionalism of the game in his local community, he took it upon himself to establish a school based high performance rugby league program to provide students with access to first class coaching to assist in their playing development and aspirations.
Unity College on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland agreed to host Sam’s program after he secured the backing of the National Rugby League, Queensland Rugby League, Brisbane Broncos and the Sunshine Coast Falcons. Through established relationships with these organisations Sam drew on the support of former Bronco Jack Reed, along with Kodi Nikorima, and Tevita Pangai Junior who all have been generous enough to donate their time to conduct coaching clinics with the students on the program.
With Sam’s profound enthusiasm for developing young men to realise their rugby league ambitions while nurturing other important life skills associated with a team sport environment, Redpath couldn’t help but get on board as a sponsor. Redpath are proud to have assisted with the purchase of the necessary equipment required for the students to provide them with a first class
training environment, along with ongoing support to assist with associated costs involved in the program such as training strips, jerseys, travel costs etc.
As head coach, Sam has devoted an immeasurable amount of his time on a volunteer basis to creating the excellence program from the ground up. “The program has been designed to provide students with rugby league specific training that focuses on all aspects of the game. Our aim is to deliver an age-specific professional program that focuses on both the physical and mental side of rugby league” he said.
While the benefit of a Redpath sponsorship is easily measurable, the value the young men on the rugby league development program receive from spending time with a role model like Sam Elvy is priceless. Redpath are proud to have Sam as part of our Cannington team and wish he and the students on the program a safe and successful season.
By: Mitch Gowland, Operations Manager
Supporting the Community
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The students on the Rugby League Development Program show off their Redpath training gear.
Sam Elvy (Left) and the students on his Rugby League Development Program take time out from training for a photo with Jack Reed from the Brisbane Broncos.
Volunteer Head Coach and Redpath Cannington Agi Operator; Sam Elvy sharing his insight with the students on his Rugby League Development Program.
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A great example of two business units working together. In April Clayton Donnelly (Commercial Manager) & John March (Senior Estimator) travelled to Dortmund in Germany to assist Deilmann Haniel in tendering a project. While there Clayton and John were able to visit an outstanding monument of industrial history - Nightingale Mine in Witten, which included a visit underground into the old coal workings.L-R: Amy Ayotte (Executive Assistant - Redpath
Canada), Ryan Humfrey (Project Engineer - Raisebore) & Laura Piche (Marketing Manager - Redpath Canada)
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John Freeman works for Redpath at George Fisher. In March he had the privilege of participating in the Gold Coast Queens Baton Relay. John was nominated by the Townsville City Council due to his efforts in converting an unused sports oval into an asset for AFL and the Castle Hill PCYC. Congratulations Jonny what an honour.
Redpath assisting the Unity College Rugby League Program with Rugby Balls & Water Bottles. We are excited
to support such a great program within our community.
Earlier this year Redpath was made aware that the Mount Isa Basketball Association (MIBA) had instigated a “Renew/Refresh” program, where volunteers, under the guidance of Dennis Trenerry, were volunteering their time to refurbish their basketball stadium. Redpath were excited to offer sponsorship which would allow them to paint the inside of the stadium. With Redpath Australia having approximately 50 Mt Isa based employees, it is especially important to give back to local community groups and in this case help encourage participation in healthy sporting competitions, of which we are very proud to be involved.
Thank you to MIBA for giving us the opportunity to be able to assist, you do such a great job for the community so it was a privilege to be able to contribute, we hope you enjoy your refurbished stadium.