Edited by Josephine Patterson To reduce the risk of working around powered haulage vehicles, a West Virginia University researcher is developing a training program that uses augmented reality (AR) headsets to prevent miners and operators from falling victim to blind spots. Powered haulage vehicles account for nearly 50% of all mining-related deaths, partly because they offer such limited visibility. In…
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Gear up: Innovations in protective workwear
Most don’t give much thought to PPE – it’s just another part of the job. It does evolve, however, and there are trends in the demand for improvements in the mining industry that are unique and which must be met. by Nick Warrick Last year, there were 40 fatalities in the mining sector, a far cry from over 1,000 per…
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