Mining sites must track and trace workers, contractors and visitors for many reasons. Automating the track & trace system helps keep people safe anywhere on-site, especially in dangerous situations, alerting staff to lost or wayward visitors or contractors, and builds in compliance checking.

Worker or site-safety reporting and compliance using paper dockets or relying on memory poses big risks for mine operators.
Customised worker and site-safety compliance apps efficiently and cost-effectively pull together diverse mine operation auditing data, that allows presentation in human or machine-readable format, for further action. Advanced solutions for Work Health and Safety can include incident tracking, and emergency or security breach alerts. Remote sensing underpins safety alerts, monitoring the operation of smoke, gas, proximity, plant and equipment, and machinery movement sensors.

Tracking time and attendance for staff and contractors manually in a mining operation is complex, costly, and prone to error. Payroll processing, activity logs, scenario planning, job costing and reporting can all be efficiently improved with app automation. Time and attendance tracking is a key element because it links many other components.

To simplify the complexity of managing training, inductions etc on site, a cohesive learning management system can make information readily available at everyone's fingertips, for management, workers, contractors and visitors. This significantly improves compliance and rapid access to knowledge and information when it is needed.

Simple but highly automated licence, insurance, and accreditation tracking can make compliance a breeze, especially when it is integrated with other systems such as site attendance. Everyone arriving at the site entrance can be instantly checked against the accreditation database integrated into CMMS Safety and Compliance systems.

As more mining site components are created with embedded measurement and communication technology, the Internet of Things (IoT) helps mine operations improve efficiency and safety. With IoT connections, remote sensing becomes easier and more useful. Application areas include detection of vibration, motion, gas, smoke, fire, and pressure changes.

Mining management software such as the Computerised Maintenance Management System (CMMS), sometimes referenced as Computerised Maintenance Management Software, boosts production capacity and mine throughput by automating routine functions and procedures, as well as integrating management and tracking for mobile inspections and checklists. Job Safety Analysis (JSA), SWMS, and incident management can be integrated.