MINING COMMUNITY
Mining Is a Small World: How One Industry Built Canary Waves
A mining-history nonprofit, a geology field camp and an old aggregates colleague: how the mining community's connections built Canary Waves.
THE CANARY WAVES BLOG
Better signals. Safer operations.
Ideas and field notes on turning radio traffic into safer, smarter operations.
PSYCHOLOGICAL SAFETY
Psychological Safety on Site: Leading on the Radio
Every reply a leader gives on the radio is heard by the whole crew. Six practical radio habits that build psychological safety in mining, shift by shift.
FOUNDER STORY
The Canary Waves Founder Story: An MP3, an Incident Review and an Old Colleague
How a radio recording in a Nevada incident review gave Jack Kellner the idea, and how Julia Georgi turned it into a real product.
SHIFT HANDOVER
Shift Handover in Mining: Where Safety Information Gets Lost
Crews say the warnings on the radio in the last hour of a shift. The written handover keeps only what someone remembered. Here is how good sites close the gap.
AUTONOMOUS HAULAGE MINING
Will Autonomous Haulage Make Mine Radio Obsolete? We Ran the Numbers
Jack Kellner's fleet model puts autonomous trucks at 2.7% of the surface fleet today and about 3% by 2030. Mine fleets will run on radio for years.
MINE RADIO
What One Operation's Radio Said in 5 Days: The Full Picture
365+ holds, 28 overheating reports, 37 hazards and 16 diversions: the full picture from 5 days of one mine's radio, and what it means for safety ROI.
HAZARD IDENTIFICATION
37 Hazards Called Out on the Radio in 5 Days. How Many Got Logged?
Crews at one underground operation called out 37 hazards on the radio in 5 days. Here's why hazard identification in mining breaks down after the call.
SAFETY TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION
Why Mine Safety Tools Die on the Frontline, and What Survives
Most mine safety tools fail on the frontline, not in procurement. Why adoption stalls, what it sounds like, and what survives.
NEAR MISSES
Stress on the Radio: Why Near-Miss Language Spikes With Congestion
Near-miss warnings and sharp radio exchanges cluster around peak congestion. Here's what that sounds like and what good mine sites do about it.
MINE DISPATCH
16 Route Diversions in 5 Days: The Hidden Load on Mine Dispatch
Sixteen times in 5 days, one mine closed a route and rerouted trucks over the radio, with no record. Why diversions matter, and how dispatch can track them.
EQUIPMENT HEALTH
Haul Truck Overheating: The Radio Warnings Hours Before Failure
In 5 days, crews made 28 overheating reports on the radio. Here is what haul truck overheating sounds like before the fault code, and what good sites do.
HAUL ROAD CONGESTION
Haul Road Congestion: What 365 "Holding" Calls Reveal About Bottlenecks
In 5 days, "holding" crossed one mine's radio 365+ times, at the same declines and dump points every shift. Here is how to turn those calls into a bottleneck map.