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Introduction to Field Safety

Field safety is everyone's responsibility. Understanding hazards and mitigation measures protects you and your colleagues. The Safety Mindset - No task is so urgent it cannot be done safely - If unsure, stop and ask - Report all incidents and near-misses - Look out for your colleagues Risk Assessment Before starting any task: 1. Identify hazards 2. Assess likelihood and consequence 3. Implement controls 4. Monitor effectiveness Hierarchy of Controls 1. Elimination remove the hazard 2. Substitution replace with less hazardous 3. Engineering controls physical barriers 4. Administrative controls procedures 5. PPE personal protective equipment

Verification resources

Cross-check terminology, classification, methods, and safety with these authoritative external resources.

  • Underground hard-rock mining — Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety. Canadian occupational-health guidance about common hard-rock mining hazards and controls.
  • Silica, quartz — Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety. Canadian occupational-health guidance for crystalline-silica hazards and dust controls.
  • Hierarchy of controls — Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety. Current Canadian guidance for identifying hazards, selecting controls in order of effectiveness, training workers, and evaluating whether controls work.

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