Prevent accidents and even save lives. These are the things that Artificial Intelligence can do for us when we incorporate it into industrial environments and manage to adapt it to their diverse needs.
Prevent accidents and even save lives. These are the things that Artificial Intelligence can do for us when we incorporate it into industrial environments and manage to adapt it to their diverse needs.
In 2019* alone, a total of 650,602 occupational accidents were registered. A significant bulk of this figure is made up of those that occurred in the manufacturing industry, vehicle repair, construction, hospitality and transportation and storage sectors.
In these environments, it is a priority to pay attention to the correct use of protective equipment, since non-compliance poses a risk to the lives of employees and can cause serious legal problems for the organization.
Common sense and the law require comprehensive and constant maximization and control of prevention. It is the supervisors' job to check at all times that regulations are being complied with. Manually verifying that the EPP is being used correctly and continuously is an arduous task that mobilizes company resources and opens the door to human error.
This is where applying Artificial Intelligence is an important advantage. There are applications that, through the combination of advanced analytics and machine learning applied to image processing, recognize if employees are using protective equipment correctly or if there is a risk situation for workers in a given area. An example of these solutions is AIVAT. In addition, AI is able to detect potential breaches in real time.
These solutions can make use of the conventional closed circuit video cameras that companies usually rely on to monitor their installations in real time. Based on the information obtained with them, breaches and risks can be detected fully automatically and in real time. The processing and recording units in the access areas greatly reduce the time spent by supervisors to carry out the inspection visually and improve the auditing process.
When choosing an AI solution, its ability to connect with other applications is important to, for example, in the event of an alarm, trigger actions in other systems.
We can conclude that Artificial Intelligence and real-time data processing are able to improve safety in work environments and boost productivity.
