METHOD FOR INCREASING PRODUCTIVITY AND SAFETY IN THE MINING AND HEAVY CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRIES
First Claim
1. A method for increasing productivity and safety in the mining and heavy construction industries comprising:
- (a) evaluating equipment operator skills at a site;
(b) correlating the evaluated operator skills to operator skill levels;
(c) calculating an average site skill level for the site;
(d) correlating the average site skill level to an incident rate;
(e) establishing equipment costs for the site based on the incident rate from step (d);
(f) calculating incident rates for different average site skill levels;
(g) projecting equipment costs for different average site skill levels based on the incident rates calculated in step (f);
(h) comparing the equipment costs from step (e) to the projected equipment costs from step (g);
(i) wherein the site utilizes one or more classes of equipment, using the average site skill level to generate a productivity factor for each class of equipment;
(j) calculating production costs for a class of equipment based on the productivity factors generated in step (i);
(k) calculating production costs for different productivity factors;
(l) comparing the production costs from step (j) to the production costs from step (k) to generate cost-benefit information for a manager deciding whether to implement a training program; and
(m) generating a report with recommended training based on the skill evaluations and desired equipment cost and/or productivity factor goals established by the site manager based on the information generated in steps (h) and (l).
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Abstract
A method for increasing productivity and safety in the mining and heavy construction industries comprising: evaluating equipment operator skills; correlating the evaluated operator skills to skill levels; calculating an average site skill level; correlating the average site skill level to an incident rate; establishing equipment costs based on the incident rate; projecting equipment costs for different average site skill levels; comparing actual to projected equipment costs; using the average site skill level to generate a productivity factor for each class of equipment; calculating production costs for a class of equipment based on the productivity factors; calculating production costs for different productivity factors; comparing actual to projected production costs to generate cost-benefit information for a manager deciding whether to implement a training program; and generating a report with recommended training based on the skill evaluations and desired equipment cost and/or productivity factor goals.
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9 Claims
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1. A method for increasing productivity and safety in the mining and heavy construction industries comprising:
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(a) evaluating equipment operator skills at a site; (b) correlating the evaluated operator skills to operator skill levels; (c) calculating an average site skill level for the site; (d) correlating the average site skill level to an incident rate; (e) establishing equipment costs for the site based on the incident rate from step (d); (f) calculating incident rates for different average site skill levels; (g) projecting equipment costs for different average site skill levels based on the incident rates calculated in step (f); (h) comparing the equipment costs from step (e) to the projected equipment costs from step (g); (i) wherein the site utilizes one or more classes of equipment, using the average site skill level to generate a productivity factor for each class of equipment; (j) calculating production costs for a class of equipment based on the productivity factors generated in step (i); (k) calculating production costs for different productivity factors; (l) comparing the production costs from step (j) to the production costs from step (k) to generate cost-benefit information for a manager deciding whether to implement a training program; and (m) generating a report with recommended training based on the skill evaluations and desired equipment cost and/or productivity factor goals established by the site manager based on the information generated in steps (h) and (l). - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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