Technology News 484: Devices to Monitor Blind Spots Near Large Haulage Equipment

Details

• Journal Article:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Personal Author:
  Ruff, Todd M.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  During 1999, there were six fatalities in surface mines involving haulage equipment colliding with a smaller vehicle or person, or backing over the edge of a dump point. All of these fatalities can be attributed to the extensive blind areas around large haulage equipment. Researchers at NIOSH are investigating various technologies that can be used to monitor these blind areas and provide information on nearby obstacles to an operator. So far, the following technologies: Electromagnetic Signal Detection, Radar, and Video Cameras, have been tested on dump trucks used in surface mining. The selection of these systems was based on their ability to handle the tough environmental conditions found in mining operations and how well they detected obstacles out to 40 or 50 feet beyond the rear of large dump trucks. Some of the manufacturers of available collision warning camera systems are listed. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Mining Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Mine-workers; Mining-industry; Accident-prevention; Injury-prevention; Mine-safety; Mining-equipment; Safety-engineering; Safety-equipment; Warning-systems; Warning-devices
• Source:
  NIOSH 2001 Jan; :1-2
• Series:
  Mining Publications   ; NIOSH Numbered Publications  
• Subseries:
  Technology News
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Periodical
• 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:
  2 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20000982
• Contact Point Address:
  Todd Ruff, Spokane Research Laboratory, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, East Montgomery Avenue, Spokane, WA 99207
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2001
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:2d3b0497f3e86c084ceb9ba5e56a9abf05a1792d91aced52926bf4dbf5643be02657dfd8c9bf6f429dd5d1cae41ee8c868d42b8107a7a89758e353893308dc76
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/9747/cdc_9747_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 217.54 KB ]