HazView for Blast Crews
Manage the whole shot, from pattern to fire, on one map.
HazView gives blast crews a single, live view of every shot on site: the pattern, the hazards around it, the exclusion zone, and where every machine and blast controller sits. Set it up, fire it, and clear the map with a full record behind you.
Follow one shift01 Where it starts
The old method
The shot plan lives on a printout. Exclusion zones are drawn on a laminated map that may or may not match what’s in the field. You radio around to check machines are clear, mark controller positions on a whiteboard, and hope everyone’s working off the same version. Inspections get written on a run-sheet, spon-com areas get mentioned in passing, and once the shot’s fired the old zones stay pinned until someone remembers to rub them out.
A blast is the one job where everyone needs to be looking at exactly the same picture.
02 The shift
A day with HazView
One shot, from design through to firing and clearing.
Review The Day’s Shots
Start the day in HazView and review what shots are due to be fired. The patterns are there on the map, right where they are on the ground, with the surrounding hazards already visible. You know what’s happening and where before you leave the office.
Inspect The Shot
Drive out and inspect the shot and any hazards around it. Everything looks in order, so you add your comments noting no issues identified, and log the inspection on HazView against the pattern. It’s timestamped, georeferenced, and part of the record, not a note that gets typed up later or lost.
Flag Spon-Com For The OCE
You mark up an area of spon-com on the map so the OCEs know to come and inspect it. The moment it’s on the map, it’s visible to them and to anyone else working nearby. No chasing someone down to pass the message on.
Machines Versus The Exclusion Zone
Review machine locations against the blast exclusion zone on the map. You can see at a glance whether every machine is in a safe location, well clear of the zone. Anything that isn’t stands out immediately, so it gets moved before it becomes a problem.
Position The Blast Controllers
Add where the blast controllers will be positioned directly on the map. Every sentry point and road closure is marked and shared, so the whole crew knows exactly who is covering what before firing. No whiteboard, no guesswork.
Confirm The Shot Is Fired
Once the shot goes, confirm it as fired in HazView. The status updates for everyone looking at the map, so there’s no ambiguity about whether the pattern is live or gone.
Record The Fired Shot
Add a photo of the fired shot straight to the record. It’s captured against the pattern and location, giving you a permanent, dated picture of the result for anyone who needs to review it later.
Clear The Map
With the shot fired and the area cleared, remove the exclusion zones and lightning cone markers off the map. The site returns to normal for everyone in one action, and the map stays clean and current instead of cluttered with zones that no longer apply.
03 What it adds up to
What blast crews get
Shots On The Map
See every pattern due to fire, right where it is, with surrounding hazards visible
Logged Inspections
Inspect the shot and log it with comments and photos, timestamped against the pattern
Spon-Com Areas
Mark spon-com zones so OCEs and nearby workers see them instantly
Exclusion Zones
Check machine locations against the zone at a glance and keep everyone clear
Controller Positions
Place blast controllers and closures on the map, shared with the whole crew
Fire & Clear
Confirm the shot, attach a photo, and clear zones and lightning cones in one action
04 In their words
The bottom line
On a fire day everyone’s working off the map. I can see the machines are clear, the controllers are placed, and once it’s fired I clear the zones with one tap. No laminated maps, no whiteboard.
Blast Crews using HazView on site
HazView keeps the whole crew looking at one live picture of the shot, from the morning review to the all-clear, so nothing is missed and nothing is left on the map that shouldn’t be.
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