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Ground Control
MOL Blitz October 2013

Webinar co-hosts
Luc Beauchamp

Senior Specialist, Ground Control

Workplace Safety North
lucbeauchamp@workplacesafetynorth.ca
705-474-7233 ext. 232

Robert Barclay

Occupational Health and Safety Branch

Ontario Ministry of Labour
Robert.Barclay@ontario.ca
705-670-3050

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Agenda
Injury statistics
Ontario requirements pertaining to ground control
(Regulation 854)
WSN information and resources
What Ministry of Labour Mining Health and Safety
Inspectors will be looking for during the blitz
Q&A

Ontario Mining Industry

Fatal and Critical Injuries: 2008 - Mar. 31, 2013
40

35

Top 7 incident categories

35

Number of Reported Injuries

Critical injuries
30

Fatal injuries

25

20

16

16

15

13

12

10

3
1

2
0

Slips and falls of Powered haulage/ Unconsciousness

person
transportation off
site

2
0

Falls of ground,
rockbursts

Sources: Ontario Ministry of Labour, MIS, 2008 - Mar. 31, 2013.

WSN, Mining Sector Fatality Database, as of Mar. 31, 2013.

Falling, rolling or
sliding rock or
material of any
kind

Machinery

0
Run of material

Compliance
with
Regulations

Site
investigations

Mine design

Ground
support
standards

Training

Communication

Ground Control
Program

Site-specific
practices

Measures to
minimize blast
damage

Auditing

Scaling &
ground support

Inspections

Monitoring

Sect. 6 Mine Design

It consists of drawings, plans, specifications or procedures.
Must be prepared under the direction of a competent
person and be based upon sound geotechnical engineering
practices. It must describe:
geology
excavation geometry
previous ground problems
mining methods
assessment methods
ground support
The mine design must be updated annually and also before
any alteration is made to the mine that may significantly
affect the ground stability of the mine.
A copy of the mine design must be available for review by an
MOL inspector and by the JHSC.
Refer to Ontario Regulation 854 at
http://www.e-laws.gov.on.ca/html/regs/english/elaws_regs_900854_e.htm

Sect. 6.1 Unsupported Underground Openings

A Professional Engineers report is required if:
the geometry of an existing excavation that does not have
ground support is to be altered
a new excavation is planned to have no ground support
The report must be prepared in accordance with good
geotechnical engineering practice.

Refer to Ontario Regulation 854 at

http://www.e-laws.gov.on.ca/html/regs/english/elaws_regs_900854_e.htm

Sect. 19 Boundary Pillar

A pillar 60 m thick must be established between adjoining
underground mining properties.
Before the pillar is mined, drawings, plans, specifications,
mining methods and procedures must be approved by a
professional engineer in accordance with good engineering
practice.
Pillar dimensions and mining methods and procedures
must provide ground support to control ground problems
and must withstand the inrush of water or materials across
the party boundary.

Refer to Ontario Regulation 854 at

http://www.e-laws.gov.on.ca/html/regs/english/elaws_regs_900854_e.htm

Sect. 65 Program for communication of ground

control information
A written program for the timely communication of ground
control information must be developed in consultation with
the JHSC.
The program must describe:
The means and procedures for communication
The kind of information to be communicated
The actions to be taken by supervisors with respect to
information that is communicated to them

Refer to Ontario Regulation 854 at

http://www.e-laws.gov.on.ca/html/regs/english/elaws_regs_900854_e.htm

Sect. 67 Procedures for Ground Control

Written procedures must be prepared for activities relating to
the installation of ground support and activities that require a
worker to be exposed to unsupported ground.
The procedures must describe the methods for preventing
workers exposure to unsafe ground conditions.
The employer must consult with the JHSC in preparing the
procedures.

Refer to Ontario Regulation 854 at

http://www.e-laws.gov.on.ca/html/regs/english/elaws_regs_900854_e.htm

Sect. 72 Record of rockburst or fall of ground

A written record of a rockburst or uncontrolled fall of ground must
be maintained (time, location, extent, any injury, and other
relevant information such as monitoring data).

Sect. 21 Notice of unusual occurrence

A notice in writing must be given to the Ministry of Labour for:
A rockburst causing the displacement of more than 5 tonnes
of material or damage to equipment
An uncontrolled fall of ground causing the displacement of
more than 50 tonnes of material or damage to equipment

Refer to Ontario Regulation 854 at

http://www.e-laws.gov.on.ca/html/regs/english/elaws_regs_900854_e.htm

Sect. 73 Quality control of ground support

A quality control program must be developed to ensure that
ground support specified in mine design must be well installed
and remain effective while in use.
A record of tests conducted under the quality control program
must be maintained.
If requested, the employer must provide a copy of the program
and a record of the tests to the JHSC.

Refer to Ontario Regulation 854 at

http://www.e-laws.gov.on.ca/html/regs/english/elaws_regs_900854_e.htm

Information and Resources

WSN Recommendations for Mine
Design required under Sect. 6
http://www.workplacesafetynorth.ca/resources/wsn-groundcontrol-committee-recommendations-mine-design

2008, 13 pp. Free download

WSN Unusual Occurrence Report

for Groundfall/Rockburst
http://www.workplacesafetynorth.ca/resources/unusualoccurence-report-groundfall-and-rockburst

2009, 20 pp. Free download

Information and Resources

WSN Ground Support Manual
http://www.workplacesafetynorth.ca/products/ground-supportmanual

2007, 285 pp. Price: $50 Hard copy

WSN Identification of Ground Problems

Pocket Guide
http://www.workplacesafetynorth.ca/products/identification-groundcontrol-problems-booklet

2012, 14 pp. Price: $6 Hard copy

Operations | Occupational Health & Safety | Employment Standards |

October, 2013
Ministry of Labour
Ground Control Blitz
Workplace Safety North Webinar
September 18th, 2013

R. Barclay
Occupational Health and Safety Branch
Ontario Ministry of Labour

Ministry of Labour

Blitz Focus
Pertinent Sections of Regulation 854
Section
Number

Topic

What Ministry of Labour Mining Health and Safety Inspectors will

be Looking for

Mine Design

That the mine design is up-to-date.

Who prepared the mine design.
That the mine design has been made available to the mine joint health and safety
committee for review.

6.1

Unsupported
Underground Openings

That written reports have been prepared by a professional engineer confirming

worker safety for new excavations where no ground support is to be installed.

19

Boundary Pillars

That where boundary pillars exist and have or will be mined, the mining
procedures for extracting these pillars have been checked by a professional
engineer.

65

Communication
Program

That a formal program for communicating ground control information between

supervisors and workers has been developed, and that it has been prepared in
consultation with the joint health and safety committee.
Examples of how the program is being applied.

67

Procedures for Ground

Control

That formal procedures for installing ground support have been developed and
they have been prepared in consultation with the joint health and safety
committee.
Confirmation that these procedures are being properly followed.

Ministry of Labour

18

Blitz Focus
Pertinent Sections of Regulation 854
Section
Number

Topic

What Ministry of Labour Mining Health and Safety

Inspectors will be Looking for

72

Rockburst Record

That the mine record of all occurrences of rockbursts and uncontrolled falls
of ground at the mine is up-to-date and complete.
Who maintains and updates the record.
Evidence that all entries in the record that are reportable under Section 21
5) (e) and (f) have in fact been reported to the Ministry of Labour.

73

Ground Support
Quality Control

That a ground support quality control program that covers all of the types
of ground support that are in use at the mine has been developed.
Evidence that the ground support quality control program is being
implemented as required.
The ground support quality control program test records for review.
That the ground support quality control program and the program test
records have been made available to the mine joint health and safety
committee.

Ministry of Labour

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