Case Study: General Drilling achieves improved safety and real-time reporting with Device Magic

How General Drilling, Inc. Raised Safety Standards and Cut Delays with Device Magic

General Drilling, Inc., a blast‑hole drilling contractor with a fleet of over 29 rigs serving quarries across the Midwest, needed to maintain strict safety and regulatory compliance while cutting the long delays in getting field data back to the office. Device Magic was chosen to address chronic paperwork lag (previously sometimes 1–2 weeks), support offline data capture, and ensure real‑time delivery of inspection forms, photos, signatures and safety checklists.

General Drilling piloted Device Magic then rolled mobile forms out to 40+ employees, using instant PDF generation, automated emailing and cloud archival to replace paper workflows. Device Magic delivered measurable gains: turnaround on field reports dropped from days/weeks to seconds, manual filing was eliminated, and the company benefited from industry findings of a 23% reduction in incidents tied to mobile inspections—raising safety, compliance and operational efficiency.

General Drilling

Gus Diehr

Treasurer & CFO