SEMARANG- One type of work that is high risk is mining workers. This includes being prone to work accidents in the form of mine collapses or exposure to poisonous gas.
This condition made 4 Semarang State Polytechnic (Polines) students who are members of the Creative Creativity Student Creativity Program (PKM-KC) create safety devices for miners in the form of vests or jackets that can detect if there is exposure to toxic gases in the place where they work.
The student team consisting of Novan Darmawan, Muhammad Faishal Lunawan (both Electronics Engineering students), Mohamad Ali Fais (Mechanical Engineering), and Tiara Rizki Rahmandhani (Information Engineering) with their supervisor Ilham Sayekti ST MKom gave the name of the poison gas detection jacket as
“MINESAFE” (Mining Industry Safety Enhanced) – A Vest with an Integrated Poisonous Gas Detection System.
“The main challenge for mining worker safety is to avoid exposure to toxic gases which can cause serious heart and health problems. In addition, mining workers are prone to experiencing respiratory health problems due to long-term exposure to toxic gases in the mining area. Many mine workers experience respiratory illnesses when leaving the mining area due to this exposure. "So we created this Minisafe tool," said Novan Darmawan, who is also the head of the PKM KC Polines team.
According to him, Minisafe is a design with a toxic gas detection system, the heartbeat of miners and the presence of miners who use the tool. The main focus of this tool is to detect poisonous gas and the heartbeat of mine workers when they are in the mining area. This tool is attached to miners' vests to monitor levels of exposure to toxic gases, heart rate, and location of workers while in the mine area. This tool is connected to the base station using LORA (long range) technology even though it is not covered by the internet.
The data sent by the device will be received by the base station and then sent to the internet server using IoT technology. Data that has been sent to the server can be stored and displayed using a smartphone application. In the miner's vest, there is a buzzer that functions to give a direct warning to workers if the MQ-6 sensor detects toxic gases such as propane (C3H8) and butane (C4H10).
"With this tool, it aims to avoid the danger of exposure to toxic gas, monitor the condition of the worker's heartbeat, and track the location of workers in the mining area when exposed to toxic gas which can cause shortness of breath," said Novan Darmawan. (Sgi)
Source: krjogja.com