In mining, even a well-designed control can fail if it’s not verified, not visible, or forgotten between shifts.

According to the ICMM Critical Control Management guide, incidents continue to occur because critical controls are:

• Not in place
• Not effective
• Assumed to be implemented without proper verification

“A significant number of incidents have occurred when controls have either not been in place or have not been effective. This is often due to inadequate verification, poor communication across shift changes, or assumptions that controls are in place when they are not.”
— ICMM, Critical Control Management: Good Practice Guide, 2015

The Paper-Based Blind Spot

This issue is magnified in open-cut mining, where hazard inspections are often:

• Recorded on paper
• Relayed verbally during handovers
• Incomplete, with no digital trail
• Not linked to actionable data or trend insights

Even when inspections are conducted, if controls aren’t tracked digitally, it’s impossible to verify their ongoing presence, effectiveness, or consistency across shifts.

HazView: Closing the Loop on Critical Controls

At HazView, we designed the system to eliminate this gap:

✅ Every inspection is time-stamped and logged
✅ Controls are attached directly to individual hazards, not buried in reports
✅ Supervisors can verify critical controls in real time, before the next crew arrives

This means safety decisions are based on facts — not assumptions.

If your site is still waiting until the end of shift to find out whether a control was in place, you’re already behind.