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technology will also increasingly play an integral role in future health and safety management programmes . “ We are raising the bar in terms of communicating our preventative actions as a business and technology is helping us monitor people following our procedures ,” he continues . “ For example , our cable locators are downloadable so we can reactively respond and make sure the equipment is being used correctly . We can also proactively use the data to mentor our workforce .”
The employment of technology doesn ’ t end with CAT and Gennys either . “ We ’ re also trialling cameras on excavators so we can get a snapshot of , say , an open cut activity to make sure people are following our procedures to prevent incidents . Elsewhere we ’ re using video tech to monitor operational activity at the coal face and that ’ s also been extended to road and driver safety . Our entire commercial fleet is fitted with forward-facing dash cams . If we have an accident , a notification is sent to the line manager and they can see what ’ s happened ,” Dodman tells us .
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22 February 2018