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.
Read MoreThe NIOSH-developed intelligent system has the potential to have a significant impact on the mining industry by greatly advancing the state-of-the-art in proximity detection technology, leading to increased operator safety, and reducing the frequency of injuries and fatalities. Page last reviewed: November 18, 2015.
Read MoreThe HASARD system has many potential safety applications for warning and protecting personnel working in close proximity to potentially dangerous areas around many different work environments including underground mining, highwall mining, surface mining, highway construction work zone sites, construction work sites, steel-making …
Read MoreTest Procedures. This system has been implemented and tested using a Joy 14CM continuous mining machine as a prototype platform. The installed proximity detection hardware is shown in Figure 8, and the host PC used for …
Read MoreProximity warning systems are complicated systems overlaid on an existing system • Need to understand users and how they will use the system • Design systems to optimize human performance • Ergonomics analysis should not be an afterthought – The cost of implementing ergonomics is minimized at the design phase
Read MoreThis document details the original development by the NIOSH Office of Mine Safety and Health Research of a novel electromagnetic-based proximity warning (PW) system to warn underground coal miners whenever they get too close to continuous mining machines. Its utility, shown by the early tests of the system, resulted in its …
Read MoreCharleston, WV: September 15, 2010. The NIOSH Office of Mine Safety and Health Research sponsored a free, one-day workshop to discuss proximity warning and detection systems for mining equipment. NIOSH researchers presented information on the latest technologies, both experimental and commercial, to prevent collisions between mining …
Read MoreTable 1. Basic types of mining equipment and associated PWS selection criteria. Vehicle type PWS selection criteria; Continuous miner: Must be an active system; work in close proximity to other objects; alarm only when a person is in danger; be MSHA-approved; be accurate over short distances; operate through coal, rock, dust, water sprays, and steel; …
Read MorePrincipal Investigator: Chenming Zhou - Request information Start Date: 10/1/2015: End Date: 9/30/2018: Objective: To develop guidelines that the mining industry and regulatory agencies could use in the design and implementation of proximity detection technology for mobile equipment in underground coal mines.
Read MoreMining Publication: Mineworkers' Perceptions of Mobile Proximity Detection Systems. Accident data indicates that mobile haulage poses a significant pinning, crushing, and striking risk. Proximity detection systems (PDSs) have the potential to protect mineworkers from these risks. However, unintended consequences of mobile …
Read MoreAn Active Proximity Warning System for Surface and Underground Mining Applications; Effect of Operator Position on the Incidence of Continuous Mining Machine/Worker Collisions; Engineering Considerations and Selection Criteria for Proximity Warning Systems for Mining Operations; An Environmentally Robust …
Read MoreAn Active Proximity Warning System for Surface and Underground Mining Applications; Advances in Proximity Detection Technologies for Surface Mining Equipment; Effect of Operator Position on the Incidence of Continuous Mining Machine/Worker Collisions; An Environmentally Robust Proximity Warning System for …
Read MoreNIOSH has developed an active proximity warning system called HASARD (Hazardous Area Signaling and Ranging Device) for warning workers as they approach known dangerous areas around heavy mining equipment and other dangerous work zones. HASARD is composed of a transmitter and a receiver.
Read MoreCollision warning systems currently use one of several methods, including radar, radio-frequency-signal detection, or ultrasonic signals, to detect and warn of the presence of an object or person in the blind spots of the mining equipment. Most available systems have not been tested on large off-highway dump trucks.
Read MoreThe NIOSH-developed intelligent system has the potential to have a significant impact on the mining industry by greatly advancing the state-of-the-art in proximity detection technology, leading to increased operator safety, and reducing the frequency of injuries and fatalities. Authors: CC Jobes, J Carr, JP Ducarme.
Read MoreThe National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Mining Publication: Recommendations for Evaluating & Implementing Proximity Warning Systems on Surface Mining Equipment. Keywords: Accident and injury recording Proximity detection Proximity detection systems Surface mining Warning equipment. …
Read MoreThe NIOSH Intelligent Proximity Detection System uses multiple generators to determine the position of the worker relative to the equipment, only disabling those functions that would threaten worker safety. NIOSH first developed electromagnetic proximity detection technology over ten years ago as the Hazardous Area Signaling and …
Read MoreIndustrial work sites often present extreme challenges to safety-based proximity warning devices. Many commercially available types of proximity warning sensors and systems can be rendered useless when covered with mud, ice, snow, ore, rock, and other material. The list includes radar, ultrasonic, capacitive, and visual types …
Read MoreCDC twenty four seven. Saving Lives, Protecting People ... CDC Home. Mining Publication: Test Results of Collision Warning Systems for Surface Mining Dump Trucks. Keywords: Anticollision devices Haulage trucks Proximity detection Proximity detection systems RFID systems Warning equipment. Original creation date: May 2000.
Read MoreMining Publication: Test Results of Collision Warning Systems for Surface Mining Dump Trucks. An average of 13 mine workers are killed each year by being run over or pinned by mobile mining equipment. At surface mines, these accidents commonly involve large dump trucks that drive over a smaller vehicle or a person that is …
Read MoreAnthropometric Considerations. Placement of wearable sensor will influence protection. Head-mounted sensor could be 6+ ft away from lower legs. Low seam mines will potentially increase sensitivity since more varied postures are expected. Depending on interaction required, placement will influence visual information transmission.
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