A large company with tens of thousands of employees is engaged in coal mining, which takes place in a quarry— an inherently dangerous environment. Continuous monitoring is required to ensure stability: preventing collapses, keeping personnel out of blast zones, and ensuring operations are conducted within designated three-dimensional areas.
Data is collected from a myriad of sensors across various systems, utilizing different software, all tracking deviations from the norm. This includes survey data, GPS receivers, radars, boreholes, total stations, seismic control points, telemetry from equipment, and radio data from personnel. These data are stored in CAD, journals, and various software platforms across different operating systems.
Due to the numerous data sources and disparate interfaces, dispatchers monitoring this information 24/7 can miss critical alerts, thus endangering safety and efficiency.
