Have not got the facts on this yet, but I received a phonecall informing me that a mine truck rolled on the Luderitz road and it would appear that a life was lost,
The driver that delivered Willards chips to the SPAR today, reckons the entire cab of the lorry was crushed....
Thoughts and prayers to the family....
What was the condition off the road , what speed was he doing(did the truck have a speedlimiter ) , was he being escourted(concentrate silo) , A few off the unanswered questions .
The mine has currently stopped all production since the accident.... I see there was a management type meeting in the Rec Club hall on Saturday and again this morning....
Newspaper LINK: http://www.namibian.com.na/news/full-story/archive/2011/february/article/namdeb-stops-production-after-second-fatality/
Yes, Namdeb must re assess all of the safety aspects but there is far too much on risk assessments etc, so much so that most employees are getting too complacement with all of the rules and regulations. What they must do is reduce the paperwork and bring back commom sense. This would reduce the number of accidents and make the individual more alert and aware of those around him.
Try it, it WILL work
Swimming in the school pool has just been stopped, as the mine now wants to do a safety audit....
the rubbish truck never came around to SPAr TODAY TO pick up the rubbish, as it was sent to town garage for a safety check.....
Some people would refer to this as a knee jerk reaction......
Well put Mike ,, somehow some folk seem to think that if all the forms and the little blocks are checked then things are safe ,, not so , what about the attitude of the workforce , management etc ?? COMMON SENSE IS THE CORRECT ANSWER //
We came out the mine with quantum mini buses this afternoon as all the big busses are still at Uubvlei for safety check . How many will pass the check ?
Another way of looking at this Safety issue is to stop the paper route and take the physical route, in other words, reduce the files etc and be more proactive in action
Cant agree with you more Mr Voden .
Mmmm, that's why Polla had to do all the checks on the Namdeb vehicles. Makes sence now.
Think its become the e-mail route here..... Can you guarantee that all is safe in your section.... Please reply soon...
My condolence's to the drivers family, and reading Stevie's post of the speed the vehicle was traveling the condition of the road puts me in mind of are roads here in Queensland. The maximum speed is 110klms down to 100kls then 80klms then there are suburb street speed limit 60kls. The roads we have here are quite good if you live in the bigger city's, but with recent floods they have made some of our major roads quite dangerous, pot holes are the most serious hazard although the local councils try to attend to these as quickly as they can. The response of the drivers seems to be throwing caution to the wind, and as Mike Voden mentioned common sense should prevail This would reduce the number of accidents and make the individual more alert and aware of those around him. Maybe the older you get the faster the world seems to be and in the case of driving its only going to get worse.