Case Study: Cerrejón Mine achieves safer operations and up to 90% fewer stop-sign violations with Hexagon MineProtect collision avoidance system

Cerrejón Mine - Customer Case Study

Cerrejón Mine, the largest open-pit coal mine in Latin America located in Colombia, was committed to safeguarding its thousands of employees. The challenge was to find a comprehensive collision avoidance solution for its extensive mining operations, which involve hundreds of vehicles and significant safety risks. To address this, Cerrejón partnered with Hexagon.

Hexagon implemented its MineProtect collision avoidance system (CAS), a solution providing 360-degree proximity detection to minimize the risk of accidents. The measurable result was a dramatic 90% decrease in non-compliance of stop signs from 2014 onward. This provided a major benefit to the company's safety performance by identifying and correcting operational hazards, helping to ensure its personnel could work more safely.

Cerrejón Mine

Álvaro Uribe

Production Safety Committee