Up to 65% of truck haulage accidents,
in the Surface Mining Industry alone,
are directly related to operator fatigue*
Mining companies try to manage the situation through policies and procedures, and through various education, training, scheduling, diet and motivational efforts. “These techniques all help deal with the root causes of fatigue…but at the end of the day, there are still people falling asleep,” says David Edwards, Ph.D., an ergonomics research engineer who studied operator fatigue in Caterpillar Inc..”*
OptalertTM Mine System
The world’s first scientifically proven system that alerts a driver of an impending episode of drowsiness, thus dramatically reducing the risk of accidents.
BHP Billiton’s global two year study into fatigue technologies concluded in November 2007 that: “Optalert™ has been identified as the leading technology solution for BHP Billiton to help detect operator drowsiness/fatigue.”**
Contact us for more information about how Optalert can help your business.
*Source: Viewpoint, perspectives on modern mining, Caterpillar Global Mining. 2007 Vol.2
**Source: BHP Billiton November 2007
