Recent Advances in Proximity Warning Technology for Surface Mining Equipment

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• Personal Author:
  Ruff, Todd M. ; Steele J
• Description:
  The lack of visibility near earthmoving equipment results in an average of five fatalities in U.S. surface mines each year. These accidents occur when equipment strikes another vehicle, strikes a worker or travels over the edge of an embankment. Researchers at the U.S. National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health evaluated off-the-shelf proximity warning systems that sense obstacles near the equipment and provide an alarm to the operator. Limitations of existing systems have necessitated the development of new systems designed specifically for mining equipment, including a global positioning system-based proximity warning system and a computer-assisted stereovision system. A description of these two new systems and preliminary test results are discussed. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Mining Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Mining-equipment Mining-industry Surface-mining Warning-devices Warning-signals Warning-systems
• Series:
  Mining Publications
• 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:
  1-5
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20053259
• Citation:
  2004 SME Annual Meeting, Feb 23-25, Denver, Colorado, preprint 04-03. Littleton, CO: Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, Inc., 2004 Feb; :1-5
• Contact Point Address:
  T. Ruff, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Spokane, WA
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2004
• NORA Priority Area:
  Research Tools and Approaches: Intervention Effectiveness Research
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  2004 SME Annual Meeting, Feb 23-25, Denver, Colorado, preprint 04-03
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:350dda1b834877e2ffb08e47f53074c3a17dde6d0ba4ede9a0fe6ee9a61b67b991c102e4e8e243b9df2d192ef51e3ac171e227fbf8cd953ab6224cfd13366376
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/227753/cdc_227753_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.08 MB ]