A Comprehensive Dataset for Underground Miner Detection in Diverse Scenario

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• Personal Author:
  Addy, Cyrus ; Gurumadaiah, Ajay K. ; Gao, Yixiang ; Awuah-Offei, Kwame
• Description:
  Underground mining operations face significant safety challenges that make emergency response capabilities crucial. While robots have shown promise in assisting with search and rescue operations, their effectiveness depends on reliable miner detection capabilities. Deep learning algorithms offer potential solutions for automated miner detection, but require comprehensive training datasets, which are currently lacking for underground mining environments. This paper presents a novel thermal imaging dataset specifically designed to enable the development and validation of miner detection systems for potential emergency applications. We systematically captured thermal imagery of various mining activities and scenarios to create a robust foundation for detection algorithms. To establish baseline performance metrics, we evaluated several state-of-the-art object detection algorithms including YOLOv8, YOLOv10, YOLO11, and RT-DETR on our dataset. While not exhaustive of all possible emergency situations, this dataset serves as a crucial first step toward developing reliable thermal-based miner detection systems that could eventually be deployed in real emergency scenarios. This work demonstrates the feasibility of using thermal imaging for miner detection and establishes a foundation for future research in this critical safety application. Description provided by NIOSH
• Subjects:
  • Mining
  • Occupational Health
  • Safety
• Keywords:
  • Underground mining; Mine safety; Mine rescue; Algorithms; Imaging techniques; Emergency response; Detectors;
  • Author Keywords: Deep Learning; Thermal Image; Dataset; Object Detection; Underground Mine; Underground Emergency
• Source:
  Advances in Visual Computing: Proceedings of the 20th International Symposium, ISVC 2025, November 17-19, 2025, Las Vegas, Nevada. Bebis G, Ye J, Wang Y, Lukovic MK, Kalantari NK, Cho I, Yang Y, Dimara E, Brehmer M eds. Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Cham, Switzerland: Springer, 2026 Jan; 16397(Pt II):352-364
• ISBN:
  9783032144942
• ISSN:
  0302-9743
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Editor:
  Bebis, George ; Ye, Jinwei ; Wang, Yuxiong ; Konakovic Lukovic, Mina ; Kalantari, Nima K. ; Cho, Isaac ; Yang, Yalong ; Dimara, Evanthia ; Brehmer, Matthew
• Genre:
  Proceedings
• Place as Subject:
  Kansas City Region OSHA ; Missouri
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  17 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20071669
• Contact Point Address:
  Cyrus Addy, Department of Mining and Explosive Engineering, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, USA
• Email:
  ca8mc@mst.edu
• Editor(s):
  Bebis, George ; Ye, Jinwei ; Wang, Yuxiong ; Konakovic Lukovic, Mina ; Kalantari, Nima K. ; Cho, Isaac ; Yang, Yalong ; Dimara, Evanthia ; Brehmer, Matthew
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2026
• Performing Organization:
  Missouri University of Science and Technology
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Part Number:
  II
• Start Date:
  20210901
• End Date:
  20250831
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/259441/cdc_259441_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 3.34 MB]
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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