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Mining Project: Applicability of Proximity Detection to Mobile Underground Coal Equipment
Keywords: Proximity detection Proximity detection systems
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Principal Investigator
Jacob Carr -  Request informationStart Date
10/1/2014End Date
9/30/2015Objective
To determine whether the proximity detection systems currently available to the underground coal mining industry provide protection to miners working near mobile haulage equipment such as shuttle cars and scoops.Topic Area
Proximity Detection
Research Summary

This pilot project had one research aim: to determine whether the proximity detection systems currently available for use on mobile underground coal mining equipment provide protection against striking and pinning hazards.
Proximity detection systems are being used to improve safety of miners working near underground mobile equipment. However, little or no research has been conducted to quantify the performance of these systems and to determine whether they provide protection specifically against striking and pinning hazards. Extensive research has been conducted on proximity detection in relation to continuous mining machines, and the systems on the market for mobile equipment were developed based on this research. These systems are now being adapted to other mobile equipment such as shuttle cars and scoops.
This project determined the performance of these systems in terms of detection range, accuracy, repeatability, and reproducibility. The research aimed to provide findings that could be used to reduce traumatic injuries and fatalities in the mining workplace.
This project produced an assessment of proximity detection systems in use on mobile underground coal haulage equipment, and could be used by stakeholders to improve system design and implementation. Also, the research findings are being utilized in current NIOSH research.

See Also
An Active Proximity Warning System for Surface and Underground Mining Applications
An Environmentally Robust Proximity Warning System for Hazardous Areas
Evaluation of an advanced proximity detection system for continuous mining machines
Innovative Safety Interventions: Feasibility of Using Intelligent Video for Machinery Applications
Intelligent Proximity Detection to Improve Miner Safety
Proximity Detection
Proximity Detection: A Continuing Research Imperative
Recommendations for Evaluating & Implementing Proximity Warning Systems on Surface Mining Equipment
Test Results of Collision Warning Systems for Surface Mining Dump Trucks
Test Results of Collision Warning Systems on Off-Highway Dump Trucks: Phase 2
Page last reviewed: October 22, 2016
Page last updated: October 22, 2016
Content source: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Mining Program
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