One incident log, site and control room
Every hazard, plant fault or near miss is logged with a priority and an assignee, so the deputy, the control room and the mine manager see the same picture.
Mining Operations & Emergency Response
Command and control for mine sites, day and night
From a routine pre-start to a full mine evacuation, CommandPost® gives the control room, deputies underground and the emergency response team one shared log, one site plan and one handover.
The challenge
The pressures of running a mine site
- 01
Coverage drops underground and at the pit
Radio black spots in declines and open-cut voids mean a report waits until a deputy reaches a node or a truck reaches the surface.
- 02
A clean headcount, fast
Day shift, night shift, contractors and visitors move through the same site, and an evacuation muster has to account for every one of them.
- 03
A record that survives the investigation
A notifiable incident brings a site investigation and a regulator inquiry, both wanting the same timeline the shift handover already needed.
How CommandPost® helps
Built around the control room and the crew
One operation, one log and one shift handover, whether the crew is doing a pre-start or standing up the Incident Control Centre.
Live site plan, zones and muster points
Pit design, underground plan and uploaded KMZ layers sit on one map with exclusion zones and muster points, so an evacuation call points everyone to the same ground.
Pre-start checks and isolation permits
Pre-start inspections, isolation permits and hazard checklists are filled in from the control room or underground, on a phone that keeps working without signal.
A run sheet the next shift can trust
The shift run sheet carries every timing and open action into handover, so the oncoming deputy is not relying on a verbal pass-down.
Every person on site, every shift
Contractors, visitors and specialist crews sit on one contact list with their role, so a muster count or a mines rescue callout does not start with a phone tree.
The record an investigation needs
Photos, statements and site plans from the response stay with the operation, ready to hand to the site investigation or the regulator afterwards.
Incident timeline
A conveyor fire triggers a full evacuation
Night shift, underground. A deputy's report of smoke starts an evacuation, a muster and a mines rescue callout before day shift takes over.
- 22:14Deputy reports smoke at a transfer point
On a routine inspection in the decline, the shift deputy logs smoke haze near the number three conveyor transfer point as high priority.
- 22:19Shift supervisor calls a full withdrawal
The affected panel and travel road are called clear, and the control room opens an evacuation muster for everyone underground and on the surface.
- 22:31ERT deploys, contractors accounted for
ERT goes in with breathing apparatus to find the source, while the control room checks the muster against the crew and contractor lists.
- 23:08Fire out, conveyor isolated, area secured
The team confirms the fire is out and the belt isolated, mines rescue stands down at the portal, and the area is barricaded off.
- 06:00Day shift handover, area still isolated
The run sheet carries the timeline and open actions into day shift, and the notifiable incident is logged for the regulator.
Who uses it on a mine site
Shift supervisorUnderground deputyControl room operatorEmergency response team (ERT)Contractor supervisorInspector of mines
What changes for the site
- A muster count the control room can stand behind, contractors included.
- One handover the oncoming shift can read instead of a verbal pass-down.
- A single record of the incident, ready for the site and regulator investigation.
- The same picture for the deputy underground, the control room and the mine manager.
Bring it to your next mine emergency exercise
See how CommandPost® would run a muster, an evacuation and a shift handover on your site, before you need it for the real thing.