Abstract
In 2015 the ICMM published the Critical Control Management Guidelines and Implementation guide. Since then research organisations, industry bodies and operating companies have invested in education implementation, research, refresher and/or collaborative sharing and learning programs to identify leading practices for improving the selection, effectiveness, and management of controls and critical controls needed to address fatality risks. This paper provides an overview of the journey taken over the past decade implementing and refining approaches to improve the control of fatal and catastrophic risks within the mining industry. It will go through each step of the ICMM Critical Control Management process and provide examples of developing practices as well as the tricks, traps and lessons learned from different company, industry and research initiatives. It will conclude by proposing recommendations for further improvements to risk identification and control management approaches that the industry can pursue to better manage fatal and multiple fatality events. One of the recommendations will be to support the development of a global “R!SKref” repository which will be showcased to the audience to elicit feedback.