User's Manual
Personal Node User Manual Section 7 Maintenance Strategy
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• Standard operating procedures.
• Job-specific considerations:
o Roles and competencies. o
Specialist tools and/or materials. o
Specialist PPE. o Material Safety
Data Sheets.
If site-specific Work Instructions (WI) or Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) exist for any of the
tasks described in this section, use those documents in preference to these guidelines.
Site Work Instructions take precedence over these guidelines provided they:
• Are current and complete.
• Are approved by the Mine Operator.
• Are specific to site and/or vehicle type.
• Do not conflict with the safety instructions within these guidelines.
7.4 Maintenance precautions
Before commencing maintenance, ensure all relevant onsite permissions have been
obtained and all required hardware and cabling is available. Ensure each vehicle is
isolated before starting maintenance, as per site operational and HSE procedures.
Before making any changes to Minetec hardware or associated cables, connectors or power sources,
read the following precautions:
1) Safety on page ii.
2) General precautions on page 60.
7.5 Spares management
Each site should maintain agreed spares held in stores and managed in an existing spares register.
An FMEA
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assists in defining the spares holding. Any spares holding to have due consideration to
equipment in for repair, new product warranty and any prevailing Minetec Operational Support Plan.
The hardware and software revision status of spares to be compatible with deployed systems
(SafeDetect, Trax and/or SMARTS).
7.6 Data management
Depending on the site Mine Operator’s maintence strategy, changes to Personal Nodes should be
recorded and updated in one or more of the following:
• Site assets register.
• MineOffice database (configurations).
• Maintence System database.
For Personal Nodes, changes include replacement, configurations and assignment of devices to
personnel, if supported at your site.
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Failure Modes and Effects Analysis to evaluate and identify fail and to failure modes and impacts.