Automated Vehicle Intervention Control System
Vehicle incidents are a major risk in mining. Our solutions actively monitor and control machine behavior to prevent accidents and improve safety.
Smarter Safety Controls
Take safety beyond alerts—intervene automatically.
Every year, 30–40% of mining deaths happen because vehicles don’t stop in time. Many of these accidents involve pedestrians working underground. VIC monitors vehicle movement and automatically takes control when danger is detected.
For over 21 years, Nerospec Group has worked to make mining safer. As a founding member of EMESRT, we helped set the highest safety standards. Eight years ago, we built neroHUB, a system that brings Level 9 Vehicle Intervention Controls to any mine or machine, preventing accidents before they happen.
Automatic Braking
Stops vehicles instantly when a collision risk is detected.
Speed Control
Prevents overspeeding by maintaining safe speed limits.
Rollback Prevention
Stops vehicles from rolling backward on slopes.
Pedestrian Detection
Identifies workers in danger zones and intervenes.
Seamless Integration
Works with any machine, regardless of make or model.
Real-Time Monitoring
Constantly tracks vehicle movement to improve safety.
3000
neroHUB Installations
30+
Different OEM Installation
100
Different Machines
8
Years in Level 9 EMESRT
The Technology Behind VIC
neroHUB: The Brain of Vehicle Safety
VIC is powered by neroHUB, a system that watches vehicles in real time and takes action when needed. It can:
- Slow down or stop machines if they go too fast
- Prevent rollaways if a vehicle loses control
- Detect obstacles and intervene before a crash
Mining safety groups like EMESRT created rules to ensure vehicles don’t crash, setting strict standards for intervention control. The highest level, Intervention Level 9, means that machines don’t just warn operators—they take action automatically to prevent accidents, reducing human reaction time in critical situations.
To ensure mining machines of all types can adopt this technology, ISO 21815 was introduced as a global standard. This rule enables different brands of safety systems to work together, creating a universal intervention framework. Because VIC follows these standards, it can seamlessly integrate with any machine, regardless of make or model, offering mines a future-proof safety solution.
In 2006 Nerospec engineers delivered the world’s first successful operator intervention. The vehicle was slowed through de-throttling and then stopped by mechanically modifying the machine to slowly pull the brakes.
Proven Implementation & Success Stories
Our Implementation of Vehicle Intervention Control
Over the last years Nerospec has implemented this technology with success at various South-African mines resulting in a steep decline in powered mobile equipment accidents.
Improving control systems to oversee the operation of mobile equipment and the transfer of personnel and materials is a significant obstacle to minimizing deaths in the mining sector. Approximately 30 to 40% of annual industrial deaths are attributed to failures in vehicle interaction controls, with the majority of these involving pedestrians in underground mines.
Due to the high number of deaths and mishaps in the worldwide mining sector, the Earth Moving Equipment Safety Round Table (EMESRT) was established as a global effort comprising the mining industry’s largest businesses. EMESRT has collaborated with Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) to increase the operability and maintainability of equipment beyond OEM specifications.
CHALLENGE:
Collisions between Trackless Mobile Machines (TMMs) – as well as between pedestrians and TMMs.
SOLUTION:
Implementing the neroHUB Level 9 Crawl and Stop interface on Trackless Mobile Machines (TMMs). Supported by a Proximity Detection Interface (PDI) and Speed Brake Interlock (SBI) implementation that constantly monitors and maintains speed of a TMM.
RESULTS:
Fully supporting CRAWL and STOP or LEVEL 9 as it has come to be known in Earth Moving Equipment Safety Round Table (EMESRT) markets. Preventing any safety incidents such as loss of control or running away on a decline.
South Deep Adding Nerospec NeroHUB EMERST Level 9 Collision Avoidance Technology
South Deep Adding Nerospec NeroHUB EMERST Level 9 Collision Avoidance TechnologyGold Fields’ South Deep gold mine is in South Africa. As part of an ongoing project with our sister Nerospec Group company, Nerospec OSCON, which is based in Bromhof, Randburg, the mine is continually working to improve its EMESRT Level 9 collision avoidance capability. This refers to technologies that intervene in terms of automated machine control in order to prevent or mitigate an unsafe interaction.
Take Safety to the Next Level
VIC helps mining operations prevent accidents, protect workers, and meet the highest safety standards. Take the next step toward a safer, more compliant mine.