Report of Investigations 9672: Recommendations for Evaluating & Implementing Proximity Warning Systems on Surface Mining Equipment

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• Journal Article:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Personal Author:
  Ruff, Todd M.
• Description:
  Researchers at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Spokane Research Laboratory, studied technology and methods that could reduce accidents involving surface mining equipment that collides with other vehicles or workers, or drives over an unseen road edge. These accidents are partially attributed to the lack of full visibility around these large pieces of equipment. Blind areas can be extensive and this report presents plots of blind areas for five pieces of surface mining equipment. Several technologies designed for detecting obstacles in blind areas and providing a warning to the operator were evaluated on off-highway dump trucks. These proximity warning systems included radar, sonar, GPS, radio transceiver tags, and combinations of radar and cameras. A summary of test results is presented in this report, along with guidance on effective proximity warning technology, installation and maintenance considerations, and recommendations for effective implementation. This study found several commercially available systems that could effectively warn an equipment operator of an impending collision. Several new technologies also show promise for reducing these accidents. In most applications, it is recommended that sensor-based systems be combined with video cameras to provide important alarming functions along with an actual view of the blind area. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Engineering Mining Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Mining-industry; Mining-equipment; Surface-mining; Accident-prevention; Accidents; Injury-prevention; Injuries; Traumatic-injuries; Monitoring-systems; Monitors; Engineering-controls; Control-technology; Safety-research
• Source:
  Spokane, WA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2007-146 (RI 9672), 2007 Jun; :1-80
• Series:
  NIOSH Numbered Publications
• Subseries:
  Report of Investigations
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHPUB2007146
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 10 ; 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:
  94 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20032431
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2007-112661
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2007
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:c02cb56e3adb50e31d5809ce730c62ce11f901a553f68a741c69387d508dfd876e219de844b2376815cde0fe45061ec6e21089ade2842fb2f93a8270cda20f2b
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/8494/cdc_8494_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 10.18 MB ]