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Professor Maureen Hassall
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Maureen Hassall

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Overview

Background

Maureen Hassall is Professor and Director of the Sustainable Minerals Institute's Industrial Safety and Health Centre at the University of Queensland. Her expertises crosses the fields of industrial risk management, safety engineering and human factors. Maureen works collaboratively with industry professionals to develop better human-centred risk management and safety engineering approaches that improve companies’ operational performance and competitiveness. Maureen also develops and delivers process safety, systems safety engineering, risk management and human factors training, education and expert advice to students and to industry. Her industry-focused research is motivated by 18 years of industry experience working in a number of different countries and in a variety of roles including specialist engineering, line management, organisational change and business performance improvement roles.

Availability

Professor Maureen Hassall is:
Available for supervision
Media expert

Qualifications

  • Bachelor of Engineering, Swinburne University of Technology
  • Bachelor of Science, University of Southern Queensland
  • Masters (Coursework) of Business Administration, University of Phoenix
  • Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Queensland

Research interests

  • Risk management

    Creating whole-of-systems risk management approaches to deliver sustainable operational excellence. Exploring Industry 4.0 advancements to help humans identify, and address the range of contemporary and emerging risks that can impact the operational competitiveness of an organisation. Developing evidence-based data analytics and leading indicators to produce and communicate intelligent insights that facilitate proactive and effective management and governance of critical operational risks.

  • Safety Engineering

    Developing and testing innovations in socio-technical systems-based approaches that integrate inherently safe design, risk controls, high reliability and operational resilience philosophies to improve the safety, integrity, reliability,and overall performance of industrial systems.

  • Human factors

    Developing and applying innovative, impactful and user-centred approaches that improve the design of work systems to better support industry practitioners decision making processes so they more effectively and successfully manage high hazard and safety critical systems.

Works

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90 works between 2010 and 2024

1 - 20 of 90 works

2024

Journal Article

Exploring the impacts of automation in the mining industry: a systematic review using natural language processing

Codoceo-Contreras, Loreto, Rybak, Nikodem and Hassall, Maureen (2024). Exploring the impacts of automation in the mining industry: a systematic review using natural language processing. Mining Technology: Transactions of the Institutions of Mining and Metallurgy. doi: 10.1177/25726668241270486

Exploring the impacts of automation in the mining industry: a systematic review using natural language processing

2024

Journal Article

‘What Good Looks Like’: Building a Shared Understanding of Quality Training and Learning in the Mining Industry

MacMahon, Stephanie J., Corbett, Brooklyn, Hassall, Maureen, Carroll, Annemaree and De Boer, Rodo (2024). ‘What Good Looks Like’: Building a Shared Understanding of Quality Training and Learning in the Mining Industry. Vocations and Learning, 17 (3), 509-536. doi: 10.1007/s12186-024-09353-2

‘What Good Looks Like’: Building a Shared Understanding of Quality Training and Learning in the Mining Industry

2024

Book Chapter

Artificial Intelligence Applications for Workplace Safety : An In-Depth Examination

Rybak, Nikodem and Hassall, Maureen (2024). Artificial Intelligence Applications for Workplace Safety : An In-Depth Examination. Advances in Information Quality and Management. (pp. 1-19) IGI Global. doi: 10.4018/978-1-6684-7366-5.ch085

Artificial Intelligence Applications for Workplace Safety : An In-Depth Examination

2024

Journal Article

Dynamic simulation for process hazard analysis: affordances and limitations in the application to complex process systems

Lee, John, Cameron, Ian and Hassall, Maureen (2024). Dynamic simulation for process hazard analysis: affordances and limitations in the application to complex process systems. Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries, 87 105232, 1-14. doi: 10.1016/j.jlp.2023.105232

Dynamic simulation for process hazard analysis: affordances and limitations in the application to complex process systems

2023

Journal Article

A new alarm system developing approach through graph modeling

Parsa, Kourosh, Hassall, Maureen, Naderpour, Mohsen, Pourreza, Mobin and Ramezani, Fahimeh (2023). A new alarm system developing approach through graph modeling. IEEE Access, 12, 1608-1620. doi: 10.1109/access.2023.3346053

A new alarm system developing approach through graph modeling

2023

Book Chapter

Machine learning-enhanced text mining as a support tool for research on climate change : theoretical and technical considerations

Rybak, Nikodem and Hassall, Maureen (2023). Machine learning-enhanced text mining as a support tool for research on climate change : theoretical and technical considerations. 5G, artificial intelligence, and next generation internet of things. (pp. 86-122) edited by Patricia Ordóñez de Pablos and Xi Zhang. Hershey, PA, United States: IGI Global. doi: 10.4018/978-1-6684-8634-4.ch004

Machine learning-enhanced text mining as a support tool for research on climate change : theoretical and technical considerations

2023

Journal Article

Proposal for and validation of novel risk-based process to reduce the risk of construction site fatalities (Major Accident Prevention (MAP) program)

Selleck, Roberta, Cattani, Marcus and Hassall, Maureen (2023). Proposal for and validation of novel risk-based process to reduce the risk of construction site fatalities (Major Accident Prevention (MAP) program). Safety Science, 158 105986, 1-17. doi: 10.1016/j.ssci.2022.105986

Proposal for and validation of novel risk-based process to reduce the risk of construction site fatalities (Major Accident Prevention (MAP) program)

2023

Conference Publication

The future of health, safety & wellbeing in mining

Hassall, Maureen E. (2023). The future of health, safety & wellbeing in mining. World Mining Congress, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 26-29 June 2023. World Mining Congress.

The future of health, safety & wellbeing in mining

2023

Book Chapter

Deciphering the knowledge used by frontline workers in abnormal situations

Lilburne, Christopher M. and Hassall, Maureen E. (2023). Deciphering the knowledge used by frontline workers in abnormal situations. Ergonomic insights: successes and failures of work design. (pp. 127-139) edited by Nektarios Karanikas and Sara Pazell. Boca Raton, FL, United States: CRC Press. doi: 10.1201/9781003349976-11

Deciphering the knowledge used by frontline workers in abnormal situations

2023

Book Chapter

SAfER way to design work

Hassall, Maureen E. (2023). SAfER way to design work. Ergonomic insights: successes and failures of work design. (pp. 253-272) edited by Nektarios Karanikas and Sara Pazell. Boca Raton, FL, United States: CRC Press. doi: 10.1201/9781003349976-21

SAfER way to design work

2023

Book Chapter

Fundamentals of risk management

Hassall, Maureen and Lant, Paul (2023). Fundamentals of risk management. Fundamentals of Risk Management for Process Industry Engineers. (pp. 19-39) Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/b978-0-12-820320-0.00012-x

Fundamentals of risk management

2023

Book

Fundamentals of risk management for process industry engineers

Hassall, Maureen and Lant, Paul (2023). Fundamentals of risk management for process industry engineers. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/C2019-0-01193-4

Fundamentals of risk management for process industry engineers

2022

Journal Article

How did COVID-19 pandemic impact safety performance on a construction project? A case study comparing pre and post COVID-19 influence on safety at an Australian construction site

Selleck, Roberta, Cattani, Marcus and Hassall, Maureen (2022). How did COVID-19 pandemic impact safety performance on a construction project? A case study comparing pre and post COVID-19 influence on safety at an Australian construction site. Safety, 8 (4) 77, 1-24. doi: 10.3390/safety8040077

How did COVID-19 pandemic impact safety performance on a construction project? A case study comparing pre and post COVID-19 influence on safety at an Australian construction site

2022

Conference Publication

A reliability-based design acceptance criteria approach for inter-ramp and overall open pit slopes

Creighton, Ashley, Bixley, Mark, Elmouttie, Marc, Hassall, Maureen, Macciotta, Renato and Juldz, Abai (2022). A reliability-based design acceptance criteria approach for inter-ramp and overall open pit slopes. Slope Stability 2022, Tucson, AZ United States, 17-21 October 2022.

A reliability-based design acceptance criteria approach for inter-ramp and overall open pit slopes

2022

Journal Article

Determining the reliability of critical controls in construction projects

Selleck, Roberta, Hassall, Maureen and Cattani, Marcus (2022). Determining the reliability of critical controls in construction projects. Safety, 8 (3) 64, 1-23. doi: 10.3390/safety8030064

Determining the reliability of critical controls in construction projects

2022

Journal Article

What can machine learning teach us about Australian climate risk disclosures?

Harker, Callan, Hassall, Maureen, Lant, Paul, Rybak, Nikodem and Dargusch, Paul (2022). What can machine learning teach us about Australian climate risk disclosures?. Sustainability, 14 (16) 10000, 10000. doi: 10.3390/su141610000

What can machine learning teach us about Australian climate risk disclosures?

2022

Journal Article

Information needs and challenges in future process safety

Lee, John, Cameron, Ian and Hassall, Maureen (2022). Information needs and challenges in future process safety. Digital Chemical Engineering, 3 100017, 100017. doi: 10.1016/j.dche.2022.100017

Information needs and challenges in future process safety

2022

Other Outputs

Human-system integration risk assessment for automation in mining

Hassall, Maureen, Seligmann, Ben, Burgess-Limerick, Robin, Lynas, Danellie and Haight, Joel (2022). Human-system integration risk assessment for automation in mining. St Lucia, QLD, Australia: The University of Queensland.

Human-system integration risk assessment for automation in mining

2022

Journal Article

How do we learn about drivers for industrial energy efficiency: current state of knowledge

Smith, Kelly M., Wilson, Stephen, Lant, Paul and Hassall, Maureen E. (2022). How do we learn about drivers for industrial energy efficiency: current state of knowledge. Energies, 15 (7) 2642, 2642. doi: 10.3390/en15072642

How do we learn about drivers for industrial energy efficiency: current state of knowledge

2022

Journal Article

Barriers and drivers for industrial energy management: the frontline perspective

Smith, Kelly M., Wilson, Stephen and Hassall, Maureen E. (2022). Barriers and drivers for industrial energy management: the frontline perspective. Journal of Cleaner Production, 335 130320, 130320. doi: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.130320

Barriers and drivers for industrial energy management: the frontline perspective

Funding

Past funding

  • 2023 - 2024
    Human-centred design of an attractive, healthy, and safe minerals industry
    Resources Safety and Health Queensland
    Open grant
  • 2023
    Capital Project Risk Differentiation
    Mount Isa Mines Limited
    Open grant
  • 2020 - 2022
    Human aspects of automation in mining (101BMAHF)
    BM Alliance Coal Operations Pty Limited
    Open grant
  • 2018 - 2019
    Evaluating risk control performance
    Australian Coal Association Research Program
    Open grant
  • 2017 - 2019
    Developing human-centred risk approaches that transform industry
    UQ Development Fellowships
    Open grant
  • 2016 - 2017
    Developing a human factors approach to critical control verification
    Rio Tinto Limited
    Open grant
  • 2016 - 2017
    Risk control knowledge from case study analysis
    Australian Coal Association Research Program
    Open grant
  • 2014 - 2015
    Optimising the implementation critical control management planning using a management of change approach
    Australian Coal Association Research Program
    Open grant
  • 2014 - 2015
    Methods for Selecting and Optimising Critical Controls
    Australian Coal Association Research Program
    Open grant

Supervision

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Supervision history

Current supervision

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Improving contractor risk management

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Jill Harris

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Interactions and impacts of humans and automation in complex mining systems

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Robin Burgess-Limerick, Dr Danellie Lynas

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Safety leadership and its impact on serious injuries and fatalities

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Danellie Lynas, Professor David Cliff

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Grounding a contemporary and emerging Safety movement and viewpoint with Science: A study into Human and Organisational Performance (HOP) in Australian Mining.

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Robin Burgess-Limerick

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Managing Major Disruptive Risks in the Water Sector

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Paul Lant

Completed supervision

Media

Enquiries

Contact Professor Maureen Hassall directly for media enquiries about:

  • human factors
  • incident investigations
  • risk management
  • safety

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