Development of Dump Edge and Vehicle Proximity Warning System Using GPS and Wireless Network Communications to Improve Safety in Open Pit Mines

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• Personal Author:
  Dagdelen K ; Nieto A
• Description:
  A dump edge and vehicle proximity warning system is being developed at the Colorado School of Mines using GPS and wireless local area networks to improve the safety of off-highway trucks in open pit mines. After two years of research, software development, and testing in the laboratory, field tests are currently being carried out at operating limestone quarries and open pit mining operations to evaluate the effectiveness of the system under rugged operating conditions. This paper describes the progress made on this NIOSH-funded project and discuss, tests carried out recently, at the Morenci open pit copper mine in Arizona. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Automobiles Mining Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Equipment Design Limestone Mining Mining Equipment Mining Industry Open Pit Mining Safety Measures Vehicle Safety Warning Systems
• Publisher:
  Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, Inc.
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Proceedings
• Place as Subject:
  Arizona ; Colorado ; OSHA Region 8 ; OSHA Region 9
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-8
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20053653
• Citation:
  2002 SME Annual Meeting, Feb 25-27, Phoenix, Arizona, preprint 02-124. Littleton, CO: Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, Inc., 2002 Feb; :1-8
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2002
• Performing Organization:
  Colorado School of Mines
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  19990901
• Source Full Name:
  2002 SME Annual Meeting, Feb 25-27, Phoenix, Arizona, preprint 02-124
• End Date:
  20050831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:37174190de19fb262162625cbc1f8a538da06f1eba7d8a27f884b11f44c20e6257bd72c19994f305bf25c85a0450c2e161ea10fe6d0bfa93ac5f6b9df57b4984
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/216372/cdc_216372_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 766.69 KB ]