New collision avoidance system promises to increase mining safety
Wednesday, September 2, 2015 - 08:30
in Earth & Climate
Mining sites are considered as some of the most dangerous workplaces in the world. The operation of large machines with limited visibility poses a constant threat to both miners and their machines, to the point where, in the USA, it is responsible for 22 % of all coal mining related fatalities. Industry and government officials increasingly agree that CAS could help curb this trend, and some legislative changes are already paving the way for their wider adoption in the US, India or South Africa.