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Safety

Operational safety insights to strengthen safety culture, prevent accidents and save lives

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Solutions for safety

The daily dangers faced by miners are numerous and varied, occurring against the backdrop of a highly competitive industry under increasing pressure to identify and develop new reserves, reduce costs and boost productivity. Hexagon is helping customers rise to this challenge with our integrated systems for collision avoidance, operator alertness, personal protection, vehicle intervention and slope monitoring.

Hexagon Collision Avoidance System (CAS) by the numbers:

  • 2,847,000,000 monitoring hours
  • 65,000 operating units
  • 15+ years’ protection 

All of our safety solutions share a single, easily accessible platform, enabling mine managers to observe and act on productivity and safety trends while supervisors better understand the status and location of their workforce. Just as important, the powerful data visualisations and insights integrated into our solutions provide mine management with the acumen necessary to cultivate a strong safety culture.

Explore all our solutions for safety below.

  • Hexagon OP Collision Avoidance System
    Product

    Protect people, vehicles and equipment with an integrated solution that enables 360-degree operator awareness and continuous safety improvements.

  • Hexagon Personal Alert
    Product

    Protect what’s priceless by giving operators 360-degree visibility of on-the-ground workers anywhere mine vehicles are on the move.

  • Hexagon OP Operator Alertness System
    Product

    Safeguard your people and assets with a machine-learning system that continuously, objectively monitors for operator inattention.

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      Human-Assisted autonomy
      Sensors and algorithms analyze faces to detect fatigue and/or distraction.
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  • Hexagon Vehicle Intervention System
    Product

    Protect people, equipment and your bottom line with a world-class vehicle intervention system designed specifically for mining equipment.

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      Conditional autonomy
      Hardware that applies breaks in several unsafe scenarios when the operator does not.
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  • TeleOp Card
    Product

    Increase safety and improve bottom line with remote-control technology and network solutions.

  • RRC Card
    Product

    Hexagon Radio Remote Control (RRC) is a robust remote-control solution designed for efficient and safe heavy equipment operation.

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      Human-Assisted autonomy
      Radio Remote Control
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Solutions in action

Discover real-world results reported by our customers and explore how safety data can be turned into smarter decisions via expert help from Hexagon CAS Smart Centre.

CASE STUDY

PT Archi

Proving that a safer mine is a more productive mine.

CASE STUDY

Gold Fields

Harnessing technology to strengthen safety culture at Tarkwa mine.

CASE STUDY

MMG Rosebery

Transforming operator safety underground at Rosebery mine.

CASE STUDY

Whitehaven Coal

Strengthening safety through integrated technology at Tarrawonga mine.

CASE STUDY

KAZ Minerals

Combining productivity with safety to build a future-ready operation.

CASE STUDY

Lomas Bayas

Demonstrating how technology can transform safety in the mining sector.

How can Hexagon help with your safety strategy?

Discover key trends shaping mining safety today and tomorrow in our new report — with more insight updates coming soon.