International Mining Safety Hub
The world's largest HSE content partnership
The IMS Hub is a partnership by the international mining industry to build a shared digital library of world-class, visualised health and safety standards — covering over 70 fatal hazard themes.
IMS Hub Partners
The IMS Hub is a ready to access library of Visual HSE tools
Text-heavy documents simply don't serve the people they're meant to protect. Visualisation closes that gap — a well-designed image communicates instantly and consistently, regardless of language or reading level, showing exactly what a hazard looks like and how to stay safe.
Over 70 hazards,
each in 6 formats
Complex technical standards converted into technically accurate illustrations and infographics — then extended into every format the frontline actually needs.
Don't start from scratch — all you need is in the library.
Visual standard
Complex technical standards converted into technically accurate illustrations. The final 8–14 page simplified standard improves understanding and retention.
Critical controls
All Visual Standards converted into visualised Critical Controls.
Audit checklist
Illustrated checklists for line managers, supervisors and operators to review each Critical Control.
Key message posters & toolbox talk
Toolbox Talk for supervisors, reinforcing Critical Controls. Facilitates active two-way engagement with workers.
LFI report + 3D incident recreation
A single page summary of an incident, with a 1-minute embedded 3D animation recreating it, plus causes and lessons learned. QR code activation.
E-learning
Engaging and interactive e-learning course to evaluate users' understanding of each risk topic.
How does it work?
From a partner's technical standards to a suite of visualised tools available across the Hub.
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Mining organisations join the IMS Hub
Founding and contributing partners come together on a single shared platform.
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Each organisation contributes topics critical to their operations
Partners nominate the fatal hazard themes most relevant to their sites and workforce.
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Jincom converts their content into visual tools
Working directly with the partner organisation, Jincom turns existing technical standards into simplified, visualised content.
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Unbranded versions are uploaded for all partners
Once the partner approves the tools, unbranded versions are added to the IMS Hub for every partner to access.
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Partners download, adapt and brand the content
Each organisation can tailor the tools to fit their own operations, PPE and house style.
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Updates are shared with all partners over time
Any edits to content — such as standards updates — are fed back and made available across the whole Hub.
Each fatal hazard topic, from Visual Standard through to the Hub
Content developed by your peers!
"The IMS Hub content is developed by your colleagues who face the same challenges you do every day."
— Stephen Eichstadt, IMS Hub founder
Approved by industry leaders
Each visual document is developed and approved by top HSE leaders in mining — each from a different mine or area.
Peer reviewed
It's all peer reviewed and represents the best in class thinking across the industry.
Ready to share
All content is ready to share — no further sign-off or development needed before it reaches your frontline.
Join by contributing
All you need to do is join by contributing a set of visual tools of your own.
Contribution model
To join and share in all of the content, you just need to contribute! Work with Jincom to develop a set of visual tools around a risk you face every day, and share it (unbranded) on the Hub. Then you get access to all the shared content on the Hub.
Sharing learnings from incidents (LFI)
Anonymous unbranded incident sharing
A key benefit of the IMS Hub is sharing learnings from incidents. Organisations across the industry learn from each other's fatal and high-potential incidents in a standardised format, suitable for scenario-based training.
In partnership with the Minerals Council South Africa, the IMS Hub is used as a platform to share LFIs amongst contributing MCSA members — without any financial obligations for those members. MCSA members simply submit LFI content to the Hub to then be able to access the other LFI content available.
A sample of incident topics shared on the Hub
- Winch cable crush
- Holding valve support
- Winch shrapnel
- Barring during EEMS
- Derailed locomotive
- Hoppers falling down incline
- Treating a misfire
- Falling while support marking
- Fall during face prep
- Crushed by cooling fan
- Drill rig — fall of drill steel
- Conveyor belt pull
- Electrocution incident
- Shuttle loader crusher
- Pedestrian struck by LHD
- Jumper protruding from sidewall
- TMM drill rig fatality
- Ventilation door incident
- Cleaning conveyor belt
- Barring
- Crushed between feeder breaker and sidewall
- Miner crushed by a trailer
- Supervisor struck by LHD
- Crushed by CHD
- Crushed by scraper
- Installing support
- Falling dome
All IMS content available on a customised IMS Hub library platform
Built to fit straight into the way your organisation already works — and how your people already learn.
Integrate into any LMS
Content plugs directly into your existing learning management system, so there's no need to run a separate platform.
Multi-language
Visual Standards, Critical Controls and toolbox talks can be delivered in the languages your workforce actually speaks.
Mobile first
Designed to work on the devices frontline teams already carry, on site and underground, not just at a desk.
AI search
Find the right Visual Standard, Critical Control or LFI in seconds, across the entire library of fatal hazard content.
The Annual IMS Hub Conference
In the mining industry, collaboration isn't just an advantage — it's the "winning recipe" to sustainably eliminate fatalities. The IMS (International Mining Safety) Hub invites all mining safety leaders to join our annual conference, a unique platform dedicated to connection, learning, and radical collaboration.
The IMS Hub Conference is where IMS Hub partners and industry leaders come together to move the mining industry forward. We facilitate an informal and honest conversation about fatal risk management, challenging the status quo and building confidence in our respective safety approaches.
At this annual event, senior HSE leaders have the opportunity to:
- Share safety journeys — learn from peers about their successes and challenges in fatality reduction
- Identify collaborative opportunities — workshop common goals and find ways to work together to solve the industry's toughest challenges
- Build relationships — connect with other safety leaders, share insights, and foster a network committed to safety
Proven key learnings
Our past conferences have highlighted critical shifts necessary for the modern mining landscape:
- Collaboration is key — no single company holds the perfect solution to eliminate fatalities. By sharing our safety information, incidents, and learnings, we build a robust, industry-wide strategy
- The power of visualisation — complex safety data becomes actionable and understandable across all levels of an organization when visualised effectively
- Courageous leadership — it takes courage to change culture and embed safety into daily operations
- Empowering frontline workers — true accountability comes when frontline workers are empowered to own and manage safety-critical controls
Join the movement
The IMS Hub is an industry-first platform co-founded by Jincom and Stephen Eichstadt. Our goal is simple: to share knowledge that saves lives. Members gain access to over 200 visually accurate and engaging HSE tools designed specifically for the mining industry.
Are you ready to elevate your safety strategy and join a network of forward-thinking mining safety leaders? Reach out to us to learn more about the IMS Hub and how you can get involved.
Keeping the Hub top of mind
Regular email updates to all Hub users with new content uploads, samples and links — so the library stays visible and gets used.
Every time significant new content lands on the Hub — new Visual Standards, updated eBooks, fresh LFIs — we send a round-up to all Hub users with samples and direct links straight to the content.
- Keeps the Hub top of mind
- Drives ongoing engagement and use
Why is it working so well?
Content
Access a library of visual tools covering over 70 mining risks, worth well over $2m.
Value
By contributing content on the HUB, each founding partner has access to all the content on the HUB. Pay for one piece and get the entire puzzle.
Time
By leveraging existing content, tools can be developed at a highly accelerated rate.
Community
Monthly check-ins and bi-annual conferences to have honest and frank conversations about what is and isn't working. An 'informal' platform of key HSE leaders in mining to share learnings and experiences.
Shared learnings
Founding partners can learn from each others' incidents across the industry in a standardised methodology, suitable for scenario-based training.
What our partners say
"This is a collaboration by industry, for the industry. For too long have I witnessed the industry working in silos, individually investing substantial effort and resources in essentially just duplicating work already developed by their peers. The IMS Hub has changed that."
— Stephen Eichstadt
Ex GLENCORE HSE Director
"The IMS Hub goes the extra mile by portraying the themes and standards as easy-to-understand visuals. Having simple visual information on hand goes a long way in ensuring all employees on the ground know how to keep themselves safe."
— Pieter Bezuidenhout
HARMONY GOLD
Safety and Technology Executive
"We believe the hub will greatly assist all of us involved in mining to achieve the goal of zero fatalities and ultimately zero harm."
— Mark Robins
ANGLO AMERICAN
Operational Risk Management Lead
Access to over 350 visual tools, worth over $2m
By becoming an IMS Hub founding partner, you get world-class visualised content, full access to everything on the Hub, and a community of HSE leaders sharing honest, frank learnings toward zero harm.
Contact IMS Hub
Have a question about partnering, the platform, or the content library? Drop us a line.
hello@imshub.net