Mining Publication: Test Results of Collision Warning Systems for Surface Mining Dump Trucks
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Original creation date: May 2000
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 in the dump truck's blind spot. One method of detecting a person or another vehicle in a blind spot is to use some type of sensor technology such as radar or radiofrequency identification (RFID). Researchers at the Spokane Research Laboratory of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health tested a number of commercially available and experimental sensors that monitor obstacles in a vehicle's blind spots. None of the sensors had been previously applied to the specific problem of rigid-frame surface mining trucks. This report documents the procedures and results of tests conducted after RFID and radar systems were mounted on a 50-ton-capacity dump truck. It was determined that both RFID and radar technology show promise for detecting obstacles in the blind spots of mining equipment; however, more development work is needed to meet the unique requirements of mining equipment and the mine environment.
Authors: TM Ruff
Report of Investigations - May 2000
NIOSHTIC2 Number: 20000652
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. 98-1998, Report of Investigations 9652, 2000 May; :44 pp
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- Innovative Safety Interventions: Feasibility of Using Intelligent Video for Machinery Applications
- Monitoring Blind Spots: A Major Concern for Haul Trucks
- Proximity Warning Systems for Mining Equipment
- Recommendations for Evaluating & Implementing Proximity Warning Systems on Surface Mining Equipment
- Recommendations for Testing Radar-Based Collision Warning Systems on Heavy Equipment
- Surface Haulage Truck Research
- Test Results of Collision Warning Systems on Off-Highway Dump Trucks: Phase 2
- Content source: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Mining Program