Development of a Dump Edge and Vehicle Proximity Warning System Based on GPS and Wireless Networks to Improve Safety in Open Pit Mines

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• Personal Author:
  Dagdelen K ; Nieto A
• Description:
  To improve the safety of off-highway trucks in open pit mines, a dump-edge and vehicle proximity warning system that uses GPS and wireless local area networks is being developed by the Colorado School of Mines and Virginia Tech Mining Departments. Based on the proven record of GPS in dispatch systems and two years of research, field tests were carried out at operating limestone quarries and at open pit mining operations to evaluate the effectiveness of the system under rugged operating conditions. This paper describes the progress made on this National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) funded project and discusses tests that were carried out 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
• ISBN:
  9780873352550
• ISSN:
  1075-8623
• Publisher:
  Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, Inc.
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• 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:
  11-20
• Volume:
  320
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20057152
• Citation:
  Trans Soc Min Metall Explor 2007 Jan; 320:11-20
• Editor(s):
  Yernberg WR
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2007
• Performing Organization:
  Colorado School of Mines
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  19990901
• Source Full Name:
  Transactions of the Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration
• End Date:
  20050831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:a0bb0c5d4424b6a08c8a695b5139a17ab8dbada1f1db595daad1babc1340afef81453a9172e239fdfd46c2cb5c7c940d613089c8f294e22a05fd66086001f0bf
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/214584/cdc_214584_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.22 MB ]