The Health and Safety Benefits of New Technologies in Mining: A Review and Strategy for Designing and Deploying Effective User-Centred Systems

Mining is currently experiencing a rapid growth in the development and uptake of automation and other new technologies (such as collision detection systems); however, they are often developed from a technology-centred perspective that does not explicitly consider the end-user. This paper first prese...

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Main Author: Tim Horberry
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2012-10-01
Series:Minerals
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/2/4/417