What is it about?
The paper "Mine Safe: IoT-Based Smart Helmet for Mining Workers" presents a safety-enhancing helmet designed to protect miners from hazardous conditions. It integrates sensors to detect gas levels, temperature, humidity, falls, and heart rate. The system alerts workers via a voice interface and sends emergency notifications with GPS data. The helmet aims to improve safety, real-time monitoring, and emergency response in mining environments. Future improvements include machine learning for predictive analysis and augmented reality for enhanced data visualization.
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Why is it important?
The Mine Safe: IoT-Based Smart Helmet for Mining Workers is important because it enhances worker safety in hazardous mining environments. Mining accidents, caused by gas leaks, extreme temperatures, and falls, pose severe risks. This smart helmet provides real-time monitoring of environmental conditions and worker health, reducing fatalities and injuries. Key benefits include: Early hazard detection (toxic gases, temperature, and humidity changes) Emergency alerts for quick rescue operations Worker health monitoring (heart rate, fall detection) GPS tracking for precise location in emergencies By integrating IoT and AI, this helmet significantly improves workplace safety, efficiency, and emergency response, reducing mining-related casualties.
Perspectives
Technological Perspective Uses IoT, AI, and sensors for real-time monitoring and hazard detection. Future upgrades may include augmented reality (AR) and AI-driven predictive safety. Industrial Perspective Helps mining companies reduce accidents, improve safety compliance, and lower costs. Boosts productivity by ensuring worker well-being. Societal Perspective Enhances worker safety, reducing mining-related fatalities. Prevents disasters through real-time gas and temperature monitoring. Future Outlook Adoption in developing nations could minimize fatalities. 5G and blockchain can improve connectivity and data security.
Praneel Kumar Peruru
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This page is a summary of: Mine safe: IOT based smart helmet for mining workers, January 2025, American Institute of Physics,
DOI: 10.1063/5.0247061.
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