Practical, source-checked reading on missing person locator systems and the decisions behind a compliant, dependable deployment. We set out the trade-offs; the right answer depends on your mine.
Three articles on the missing person locator system that Regulation 16.7 of the Mine Health and Safety Act requires: getting the certification right, the battery life and update rate trade-off, and the two surface moments, shaft clearance and the check before descent, that decide whether a system works when it matters.
A foreign Ex mark is not enough for a South African mine. Which certification applies underground versus on surface, and the exact thing to check before you buy.
Read the article →16.7 asks for a dependable last known location, not live tracking. How battery life, update rate, coverage and technology choice really trade off.
Read the article →The two moments a tracking system must get right, and why the lamproom, thousands of tags in a wall of steel, is the hardest test of the technology you choose.
Read the article →Conflicting, unsigned versions of Regulation 16.7 circulate widely. We host the signed-off copy as an open reference (Government Gazette No. 52388, 28 March 2025).