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title: "MineGuard AI | Safety AI for Mining & Heavy Industry"
description: "AI-native safety workflows born in Australian mining: incident investigations, critical controls and safety system assurance for all heavy industry."
url: https://mineguard-ai.com/
updated: 2026-11-10
language: en
publisher: MineGuard AI
---

Built in mining · Ready for heavy industry

# Safety decisions, connected to evidence.

Investigate incidents, assure your safety system, and strengthen critical controls. One human-led AI suite, with outputs your team can review and trace to their sources.

[Book a demo](https://mineguard-ai.com/demo) [Explore the suite](https://mineguard-ai.com/solutions)

- Human-in-the-loop
- Evidence-anchored
- Born in Australian mining
- Configurable retention

Trusted by:

[QMIHSC](https://qmihsconference.org.au/)

[Dyno Nobel](https://www.dynonobel.com/)

[South32](https://www.south32.net/)

[Aeris](https://www.aerisresources.com.au/)

[Jellinbah](https://jellinbahgroup.com.au/)

[Middlemount](https://middlemountcoal.com.au/)

[MMAA](https://www.minemanagers.com.au/)

[Perenti](https://perentigroup.com/)

## Born in Australian mining. Built for every high-consequence operation.

After the 1994 Moura No 2 disaster, Australian mining rebuilt how it manages risk, with structured investigations, critical controls and legislated safety and health management systems. Between 2003 and 2013, its fatality rate fell by **73%**.

Those workflows are proven. What holds them back now is the effort of running them well, with fatigue, turnover and fewer people on site. MineGuard AI runs these proven workflows AI-natively, so any heavy-industry operation can apply mining-grade rigour without additional resources, and people on site can spend more of their time on proactive safety instead of reactive work.

From 12.4 to 3.4 fatalities per 100,000 workers (2003–2013). Progress has stalled since. [University of Queensland, 2024](https://smi.uq.edu.au/article/2024/03/how-safe-are-australia%E2%80%99s-mines-new-analysis-shows-reform-has-been-stalled-%C2%A0decade)

Built by people who have done the job

- Ekin Eraydin; Founder & Director, MineGuard AI; 15+ years mine operations leadership (NSW/QLD)
- Cem Caglar; Technical Director, MineGuard AI; 20+ years enterprise software delivery
- Christian Young; Safety & Change Advisor; 25+ years resources HSE leadership

[Meet the team](https://mineguard-ai.com/about#team)

## Purpose-built for safety and operational risk teams

MineGuard AI is designed for the teams responsible for keeping people safe in heavy industry, where the consequences of poor decisions are severe, evidence integrity is non-negotiable, and accountability cannot be delegated.

Mining & quarrying

Energy & utilities

Construction & infrastructure

Ports, rail & logistics

Manufacturing & processing

## The problems we solve

### Time pressure & inconsistency

Under shift pressure, investigation quality varies wildly. Rushed reports miss root causes and leave organisations exposed to repeat incidents and regulatory scrutiny.

Solved with

[Incident AI](https://mineguard-ai.com/solutions/incident-ai)

Faster, higher-quality investigations.

Reduce investigation cycle time, raise report quality across experience levels, and produce findings that hold up under regulatory review.

Animation of a 5 Whys analysis in Incident AI: five steps from the event to its root cause, each with the evidence file it came from.

### Evidence scattered

Witness statements, photos, physical logs, and system records live in separate tools, making it hard to build a coherent, defensible evidence picture.

Solved with

[Incident AI](https://mineguard-ai.com/solutions/incident-ai)

Faster, higher-quality investigations.

Reduce investigation cycle time, raise report quality across experience levels, and produce findings that hold up under regulatory review.

Animation of a 5 Whys analysis in Incident AI: five steps from the event to its root cause, each with the evidence file it came from.

### Safety system drift

Safety management system documents drift out of sync with work on the ground and risk assessments, creating gaps that only surface during audits or incidents.

Solved with

[SHMS AI](https://mineguard-ai.com/solutions/shms-ai)

Continuous document assurance.

Catch procedure drift before it reaches the field. Keep your safety management system aligned with risk assessments and verify activities continuously.

### Critical controls hard to standardise

Without a structured standard for what 'good' looks like, critical control verification quality drops, and gaps become invisible until it's too late.

Solved with

[Critical Risk AI](https://mineguard-ai.com/solutions/critical-risk)

Grounded critical control standards.

Standardise what 'good' looks like for every critical control. Consistent, measurable verification across sites and shifts.

Critical Risk AI bowtie editor showing controls for vehicle interaction hazards, with the control inspector open.

## Evidence traceability. Human accountability. Defensible governance.

1. **Evidence-anchored outputs** Every AI finding links directly to source statements, documents, and photos. Nothing is inferred without a traceable chain back to the original evidence.
2. **Human sign-off at every step** Investigators and safety managers review, edit, and approve every output. MineGuard AI structures the work. Humans own the outcome.
3. **Audit-ready governance trail** Configurable retention periods and full audit logs give you a defensible chain of custody from raw input to final record, ready for regulators and internal reviews.

- Statement Shift supervisor, page 2
- Shift record Rainfall log, 02:40
- Photo Bench 4, 05:52

Finding

Draft

Approved by the investigator

The highwall was last inspected at 06:10, after rain was logged overnight, and no exclusion zone was marked before work resumed.

1. 06:42 Three sources linked to the finding
2. 09:15 Reviewed by the investigator
3. 09:16 Approved and locked

Select an underlined phrase to see the evidence behind it.

Illustration with made-up case data.

## Built for high-consequence environments

ISO 27001 Aligned

Sovereign hosting & AI inference

Encrypted at rest & in transit

Human-in-the-loop by design

[View full Trust & Security details](https://mineguard-ai.com/trust)

### Proven in the field. Recognised by industry.

MineGuard AI is a CORE Innovation Hot 30 company, recognised for applied AI innovation in heavy industry. Presented at leading mining safety and operational risk conferences.

[Read insights and updates on our blog](https://mineguard-ai.com/blog)

## See a tailored walkthrough for your workflow.

[Book a demo](https://mineguard-ai.com/demo)
