The Simplest Safety Rule Is Still the Hardest to Enforce - Here's How NAE Solves It

Of all the safety measures on a mine site, wearing a seatbelt is one of the simplest — yet it can be one of the hardest rules to consistently enforce across a large operation.

Different vehicles, multiple shifts, changing operators and personnel transport all make manual monitoring difficult.

NAE’s integrated safety solutions help close that gap by making seatbelt compliance visible, measurable and easier to manage.

Seatbelt compliance can be monitored in three complementary ways across the NAE product range:

1. FleetVue AI Driver Monitoring System (DMS)

FleetVue’s onboard AI camera monitors the driver in real time and can detect whether a seatbelt is being worn, alongside other driver behaviours such as fatigue, distraction and mobile phone use.

When non-compliance is detected, the system can alert the driver immediately, while the event and supporting video footage are recorded in the Alarm Evidence Center for review, reporting and driver coaching.

This gives fleet managers objective evidence of safety events rather than relying solely on manual checks.

2. Graphite Mining Fleet Management

NAE’s Fleet Management System provides another layer of seatbelt monitoring by incorporating safety belt status into overall fleet and driver monitoring.

Seatbelt events can be tracked alongside other operational and safety information such as brake tests, idle monitoring and driver behaviour.

This gives management a centralised view of compliance across the fleet, helping identify recurring problems, individual trends and areas requiring additional training or intervention.

3. Bus Seatbelt Monitoring

Seatbelt compliance becomes even more challenging when transporting multiple employees at once.

NAE’s Bus Seatbelt Monitoring System extends monitoring beyond the driver to passengers, providing visibility of seatbelt use across multiple seats within personnel transport vehicles.

The system allows the driver or operator to identify when a passenger is not properly buckled in, helping ensure that personnel are safely secured before and during transportation.

For mines transporting employees between working areas, shafts, accommodation and other locations, this provides a practical way to improve passenger safety without relying on someone manually checking every seat.

Why an Integrated Approach Matters

Objective enforcement: Reduce reliance on supervisors or manual spot checks.

Real-time intervention: Identify non-compliance when it happens, allowing corrective action to be taken immediately.

Recorded safety data: Depending on the system, events can be recorded with supporting information such as timestamps and video evidence.

Driver and passenger protection: Extend seatbelt monitoring beyond equipment operators to personnel being transported around site.

Fleet-wide visibility: Monitor compliance across drivers, passengers, vehicles, shifts and sites.

Better safety management: Use recorded events and trends to support training, coaching and ongoing safety improvement.

Making a Simple Rule Easier to Enforce

Seatbelts only protect people when they are actually being worn.

By combining AI driver monitoring, fleet management and dedicated bus seatbelt monitoring, NAE provides mines with multiple ways to make seatbelt compliance part of a broader, measurable safety strategy — from a single operator in a mining vehicle to an entire bus carrying personnel.

Want to improve seatbelt compliance across your fleet and personnel transport vehicles? Get in touch with NAE.

011 453 5286 | info@nae.co.za | www.nae.co.za

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