By Neville Judd Safety in open-pit mining has always depended on layers of control, from site design and procedures to operator awareness and advanced warning systems. But when seconds matter and human response is not enough, only one layer remains: automatic intervention. Hexagon’s next-generation Vehicle Intervention System (VIS) has now become the first and only open-pit Level 9 solution to successfully pass the University of Pretoria’s (UP) rigorous Collision Prevention System (CPS) Technology Readiness Level 4 (TRL4) test specification. This independent verification confirms the system’s fundamental detection, warning, control, logging and self-diagnostics/fail-to-safe functionality. It’s a critical milestone under the Minerals…