Video Motion Detection for Real-Time Hazard Warnings in Surface Mines

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• Personal Author:
  McHugh E
• Description:
  Digital camera and computer technologies can be used to monitor mine slopes and provide real-time warning of rock falls. NIOSH researchers assembled a surveillance system using low-cost video cameras and computer software from the security industry to test its effectiveness. The system is designed to signal an alarm when motion is detected and to record images of the scene. Masking can restrict motion detection to specific areas within the camera view; sensitivity is adjustable. The timestamped images provide a record that can help reconstruct and quantify an event. Video motion detection can augment standard monitoring methods to increase safety in surface mines. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Case Reports Ergonomics Mining Occupational Health Safety Workload
• Keywords:
  Hazards Mining-industry Monitoring-systems Motion-studies Occupational-hazards Rock-falls Safety-education Safety-measures Safety-monitoring Surface-mining Surveillance-programs

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• Series:
  Mining Publications
• Publisher:
  Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, Inc.
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Proceedings
• Place as Subject:
  Colorado ; OSHA Region 10 ; OSHA Region 8 ; Washington
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  SRL - Spokane Research Laboratory
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-9
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20026093
• Citation:
  2004 SME Annual Meeting, Feb 23-25, Denver, Colorado, preprint 04-74. Littleton, CO: Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, Inc., 2004 Feb; :1-9
• Contact Point Address:
  E. L. McHugh, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Spokane, WA
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2004
• NORA Priority Area:
  Disease and Injury: Traumatic Injuries
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  2004 SME Annual Meeting, Feb 23-25, Denver, Colorado, preprint 04-74
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:63a40cb2afb3086b37339b8824fbde518083fd4e5ca6bbbcd1a5b3646a89839c45f7fa6e1b8a8a7f04131d9993a73853840ee87e1232dfdfcf6effc44439a439
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/220970/cdc_220970_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.99 MB ]