Geotechnical Hazard Awareness 3: Type of Failures and Controls

Geotechnical Hazard Awareness Training Videos developed by UNSW, ACARP and Mark Coombe Productions - great safety initiative Alison McQuillan and Prof. Ismet Canbulat.

Strata failure is a principal hazard in open cut coal mining. Four videos were produced by UNSW Sydney and Mark Coombe Productions to assist with the education of mine operators, mine supervisors and mine planning engineers to provide an overview of: (i) what to look for so the likelihood and impact of slope failure can be reduced; and (ii) describe the function of a geotechnical engineer within the technical services department. These new videos follow on the production of Unearthing Black Gold which was developed by the Australian Centre of Geomechanics in 2004. The new videos were developed to capture the technological advancements over the last 15 years and include a new technical section for mine planning.

Video 3: Types of Failures and Typical Controls

Video 3 is made of the sections describing Types of Failures and Typical Controls that are added included in Video 2. These can be viewed as a standalone video, which is approximately 8 minutes in duration.