“If my drivers are Alert, they will be safer & more efficient drivers”
There is no shortage of information clearly highlighting that fatigue and drowsy driving is one of the greatest causes of accidents on a mine site. Reducing this risk is a priority for leaders in safety around the world.
At Optalert we believe there is a lot of activity outside the workplace that impacts your ability to perform effectively the following day. The simple things you do each day and the commute to and from work creates a need for rest. But we don’t always get this vital rest and you carry this lack of rest into work. We simply start work tired.
‘It’s a wonderful assumption. A person starting work is fit for work’
Driving one of the largest vehicles you can ever drive demands skill and concentration. Every moment you need to be alert, where it is staggering the amount of information you process to drive safely. The way you receive this information is through your eyes, scanning a wide area within our vision. If your eyes are closed you are no longer receiving the vital information to stay in control.
The Optalert system is designed to assist a driver with this need, by alerting them to when they fail to be aware of the ‘here and now’.
Coupled with the driving system Optalert provides the mining industry with a reporting service which captures driving data. This data is key to improving the overall safety of driving on site. It was created and designed by existing users of Optalert with one simply task. “Develop a system that ensures the people I’m responsible for have the advantage over drowsy driving”.
Part of the reporting service also includes a telematics interface unit; communicating the caution and critical alerts to your central planning office. This ensures the site controllers are immediately made aware of any drowsy incident.
