Pit, stock, Waste dump Stability

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1 Employees working on dump areas including spotters, operators, engineers and Training records
surveyors shall be trained on the risks of tension cracks and ground movement Verify documents and field observation

A Slope Management Plan (SMP) & a Dump Management Plan (DMP) must be
developed:
- Using suitably qualified and experienced engineers and specialists;
2 - Based on adequate geologic, geotechnical and hydrogeological data; Verify documents for SMP & DMP
- Including operating and slope monitoring procedures;
- Documenting how slopes and dumps are designed and constructed to specified
minimum stability criteria using industry-accepted design techniques and to minimize
risk during operation and closure

Dumps shall
- be constructed and maintained as per the approved design;
- be stable with stability confirmed by a competent agency;
- be constructed in lifts when built from the ground up and over 20m high;
3 - have proper drainage systems including toe-drains and “garland” drains to keep
water away; Verify documents and field observation
- be designed to not accumulate water;
- ensure a slope of 1 in 100 is maintained for drainage;
- have their sites selected and designed such that material is not cast into a water
logged area.

In case of heavy rain, active dumping shall cease and a geotechnical engineer shall
4 verify when work can resume. Ravines and gullies formed by heavy rain shall be Documented system controls
patched with suitable material approved by a geotechnical engineer; noting that clay Evidence of the effectiveness from field observations
material shall not be allowed.

Dumps shall be regularly monitored for settlement and movement by suitable survey
systems. Where tensile cracks (other than settlement cracks) are witnessed, the
5 dump shall be inspected at the beginning of each shift. Verify survey records /mines register
Dumps made by filling existing pits where the height exceeds 50m shall be monitored
through a real time monitoring system like slope stability radar;

Good operating practices must be applied, including:

- Dumps should be created away from the crest a distance of 0.5 to 0.75 times the
dump height; Verify records
6 - Dumps shall be audited and surveyed through an external independent agency at
defined frequencies. Field observvation
- Trucks should unload material approximately 20m from the crest and then spread by
dozer.

7 Management of change must be employed if changes are made to the excavation or Verify records
dump geometries that depart from the design
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