Fatigue kills in mining. Detection can stop it.
DFMS is a purpose-built driver fatigue monitoring platform for Indian open-pit mining — multi-modal detection, DGMS compliance data, and fleet management integration.
Built for open-pit mining haul fleets — and extending to in-plant heavy vehicles and industrial crane cabins.
of haul truck accidents linked to fatigue or distraction
Caterpillar
mining fatalities in India in 5 years (coal & lignite)
DGMS
fatalities in both 2020 and 2024 — the pattern is not improving
DGMS / Rajya Sabha, Mar 2025
Multi-Modal Detection
Three signal streams. One risk score.
No single sensor is sufficient for operational mining conditions. DFMS combines camera, physiological, and vehicle behaviour data into a unified fatigue risk index that is robust to individual sensor failures and mining-specific interference.
Camera + Vision AI
NIR camera tracks PERCLOS, blink frequency, head pose, and yawn events frame-by-frame. Operates in dust, low-light cab interiors, and through PPE.
Physiological Signals
EEG, HRV, ECG, and PPG from wristwatch-format wearables. Highest biological accuracy for pre-shift risk scoring and in-shift fatigue accumulation.
Vehicle Behaviour
Steering deviation, braking events, and speed variance. Lowest cost to deploy, but high latency — detects impairment only once it is already acute.
Multi-Modal Fusion
A unified risk model that combines all three streams. PERCLOS + HRV + vehicle context gives a risk score that no single sensor can produce alone.
Context matters as much as detection. A PERCLOS threshold breach at hour two of a day shift carries different operational weight than the same reading at hour ten of a night shift. DFMS weights fatigue signals against shift hour, ambient temperature, route profile, and pre-shift biometric data where available.
Built for Indian mining's regulatory direction.
The Directorate General of Mines Safety (DGMS) recorded 226 fatalities in Indian coal and lignite mines over five years, with 53 in both 2020 and 2024. Vehicle operations in active mining zones are consistently implicated. Conventional safety protocols are not improving the pattern.
DFMS is designed to produce both operationally useful real-time signals and a regulatory-ready safety evidence base — treating those as one programme, not two.
Source: DGMS Annual Report; Rajya Sabha, Mar 2025
Real-time alert logging
Every fatigue event timestamped, geotagged, and stored against driver ID
Shift-level risk reports
Automatic end-of-shift summaries for dispatch and safety managers
Incident investigation data
Camera and sensor data retained for post-incident review and regulatory reporting
Fleet-wide trend analysis
Aggregate fatigue patterns by route, shift type, and operator cohort
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