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Using GPS systems to improve the safe operation of vehicles
robert lorimer
managing partner
position one consulting,
Australia
Email: robert_lorimer@positiononeconsulting.com
Robert Angel
Managing Director
GPS Online
Knowledge based safety management (KBSM) is a commitment to automatically collect quantifiable data regarding the safe operation of equipment and vehicles. In an industrial workplace KBSM is used to supplement or replace safety inspections and other subjective techniques.
This paper introduces a novel application for GPS in implementing a knowledge based safety management system on a large open cut mine site in a developing country. The system under discussion monitors the safe operation of haul trucks and light vehicles on an individual operator basis by monitoring the man-machine interaction.
The paper further discusses the technology integration used in monitoring man-machine interaction which includes GPS, Biometrics, Mesh Wi-Fi, RFID and Terrain and Driver Sensing modules.
The paper concludes with a discussion of results obtained on a large Gold and Copper mine and the use that is made of the data by occupational health and safety and human resource managers to improve overall mine safety.
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