Testing of Ground Truth Instruments for Use in Evaluating Haul Truck Collision Warning and Avoidance Systems

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• Personal Author:
  Bickson, J. ; Zhou, Chenming ; Zhang, Yongjun ; Srednicki, J. R. ; Carr, Jacob L. ; Girman, M. ; Galanko, J. A. ; DeGennaro, C. R. ; Lambie, B.
• Description:
  Between 2005 and 2021, surface mining haul trucks were involved in 54 fatal incidents in the United States. Collision warning and avoidance systems (CXS) can help haul truck operators navigate their route safely. The evaluation of CXS object detection performance for surface mining haul trucks relies on the positional accuracy of the ground truth instrument. As part of a holistic approach, researchers from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) characterized the accuracy of a global navigation satellite system (GNSS) that serves as the ground truth instrument to determine object position and velocity in CXS object detection performance testing. We used precision surveying equipment to establish ground truth points for comparison with GNSS data collected for static positional measurements and reduced-scale straight-line vehicle dynamic tests. We conducted these tests with real-time kinematics (RTK) and then satellite-based augmentation systems (SBAS). For the dynamic tests, we measured a distance error of 1.34 m (4.40 ft) using RTK and 1.50 m (4.92 ft) using an SBAS. This research will provide CXS manufacturers and CXS researchers a basis for evaluating the positional accuracy of CXS. Note that we did not evaluate any CXS in this experiment. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Automobiles Mining Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Haulage Vehicles Mining Industry Motor Vehicles Surface Mining Truck Drivers Vehicle Safety Warning Systems
• Series:
  Mining Publications
• Publisher:
  Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration (SME)
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Proceedings
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; Pennsylvania
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  PMRD - Pittsburgh Mining Research Division
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  9 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20069460
• Citation:
  MineXchange: 2024 SME Annual Conference & Expo, February 25-28, 2024, Phoenix, Arizona, preprint 24-083. Englewood, CO: Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration, 2024 Feb; :1-8
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2024
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:3b8addccb3f650dd8a495258637bdfdd018c786d588a0f2f1d3f10b55698e3bec492d92a1c8c28df1ea14df563094b90660cc1147e6c57e3f229dc276c93845e
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/215687/cdc_215687_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 965.12 KB ]