Getting the most out of conveyor service and safety training (Part 2)

By R. Todd Swinderman, president emeritus, Martin Engineering In a follow-on article to our safety feature in the May issue of African Mining, incorporating Mining Mirror, R. Todd Swinderman, president emeritus, Martin Engineering, tackles how [...]

2025-06-20T11:24:14+00:00July 1st, 2025|Health and Safety|

Getting the most out of conveyor service and safety training (part 1)

By R. Todd Swinderman, president emeritus, Martin Engineering Are you just checking the boxes by doing required training hours, or is your goal to get a return on your investment? There can be huge improvements [...]

2025-05-29T18:18:18+00:00June 1st, 2025|Health and Safety|

Designing conveyor retrofits for production and safety

Todd Swinderman, president emeritus, Martin Engineering, makes a case for designing safety into a system rather than merely training safety, showcasing innovations that drastically improve safety that can be retrofitted into almost any belt conveyor [...]

2025-03-31T12:37:01+00:00April 1st, 2025|Cover story, Health and Safety|

Conveyor service contractors: cost, safety results come down to training

Supplied by Martin Engineering It is crucial for contractors to have ongoing training that ensures they use modern techniques, install the latest equipment and operate to workplace safety best practices, says Martin Engineering. [...]

2024-10-15T07:35:28+00:00October 1st, 2024|Health and Safety|

Safety and inclusion go hand-in-hand locally (Part 3)

Compiled by Sharyn Macnamara #InspireInclusion was celebrated on International Women’s Day (IWD) locally this year, when ten inspirational women miners – nominated by their colleagues for the work they have done to make their workplace [...]

2024-08-26T08:51:50+00:00September 1st, 2024|Health and Safety|

Coal safe 2024 – “safeguarding today while enabling a sustainable tomorrow” (part 2)

By Sharyn Macnamara Safety trends moving in the right direction, successful ESG programmes, celebrated awards for safety excellence and a focus on challenges for the year ahead were all the order of the day, under [...]

2024-08-14T13:49:54+00:00August 1st, 2024|Health and Safety|
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