Safescape presents Edge Protector AUSIMM OPO Conference – Wins Best Presentation Award

The AusIMM Ninth International Open Pit Operators conference was witness to many enthusiastic presentations on innovations and productivity improvements with a standout presentation delivered by Steve Durkin of Safescape on their latest innovation, the EDGE PROTECTOR.

“Steve presented an innovative approach to Edge Protection (EP) with practical solutions to enhance safety systems, improve productivity, and reduce costs. Steve went one step further by providing enough technical insight that potential users could further adapt the EP to their individual operational situations. Steve Durkin was awarded the conference best presentation, because of the way he shared technical test results and their application was in a manner that the industry delegates were empowered to see real and immediate applications in their mining environments”, Morrie Goodz – Chair, AusIMM Ninth International Open Pit Operators Conference 2016.

Edge Protector is a product that allows open pit haul-road width to be reduced without reducing safety performance. This allows the mean slope used in pit design to be increased, which has a financial benefit to the mining operation. It also can be retro-fitted to existing ramps to allow a fleet upgrade to a more cost effective truck fleet. This technology is very relevant to large or deep pits.

Whittle Consulting recently carried out an investigation to assess the financial effect of using Edge Protector on a mining operation. VIEW THE FULL REPORT HERE

For more information

Safescape: www.safescape.com/edge-protector-ep/

Whittle Consulting: www.whittleconsulting.com.au