Conveyor systems persist in being a source of injuries and fatalities in the mining industry. To reduce these incidents, better methods are needed to enhance the monitoring of probable hazards and improve situational awareness during the normal operation and maintenance of conveyor systems. To address these issues, researchers from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) continue to investigate emerging technologies that show the potential to improve miner safety around conveyors. This paper presents a feasibility assessment by NIOSH researchers of a fully integrated, commercially available wireless Internet of Things (IoT) system to improve situational awareness around conveyor systems. Included are discussions of a full-scale laboratory test bed that was designed to simulate a working conveyor system as well as the challenges and successes of integrating the IoT system with the test bed.

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评估商用无线物联网系统提高输送机安全性的可行性

输送系统一直是采矿业人员伤亡的根源。为了减少这些事故，需要更好的方法来加强对可能危害的监测，并在输送系统正常运行和维护期间提高态势感知能力。为解决这些问题，美国国家职业安全与健康研究所 (NIOSH) 的研究人员继续研究新兴技术，这些技术显示出提高输送机周围矿工安全的潜力。本文介绍了 NIOSH 研究人员对完全集成的商用无线物联网 (IoT) 系统进行的可行性评估，以提高输送机系统周围的态势感知。