Background: The Bingham Canyon Mine near Salt Lake City, Utah experienced the largest highwall failure in mining history on April 10th of 2013 when 144 million tons of material literally exploded out of the highwall and rushed to the bottom … Continue reading →
This is the third in a series of articles that share some of the critical control measures learned from the largest highwall failure in mining history – the massive Manefay Slide at the Bingham Canyon Mine in 2013. This article discusses … Continue reading →
In this second article of my series of Sharing Critical Control Measures, I discuss the importance of three critical control measures to help prevent unexpected “Black Swan” events, including: Using independent experts. Challenging the basic assumptions of experts (wearing a … Continue reading →
This is the first in a series of articles intended to share some of the critical control measures that were used at the Bingham Canyon Mine to keep people safe from the largest mining highwall failure in history – the … Continue reading →
