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Safety technology, workforce, licensing and the skills shortage — the systems and people questions that decide whether sites run well, reported with the evidence-first standard the rest of this desk holds.

Safety & Workforce

The safety tech that actually prevents incidents: proximity detection and fatigue monitoring

Vehicle-to-person proximity detection and in-cab fatigue monitoring have moved from mining pilots to mandated fit-outs. How the systems work, what the mining deployments prove, and the honest limits — technology assists a safety culture, it cannot substitute for one.

2 August 2026 · 7 min read

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