Unmanned aerial or terrestrial vehicles, commonly known as drones, are aircraft or land craft controlled by a ground-based operator.
Computer Vision & Camera Analytics
Computer vision, also referred to as camera or video analytics, utilizes machine learning and AI to monitor for workplace abnormalities from video feeds. AI-enabled camera systems can be used to identify hazards that may lead to incidents (e.g., working at height, active machinery, or potential slip or trip hazards) or ones that may help prevent injury (e.g., hard hats, high-vis vests or other PPE). The technology also has the ability to detect patterns of physical behavior and movement that could indicate physical violence without workers needing to identify aggressive behaviors directly.
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Workers:
Employers:
26% of workers indicated that predictive analytics is relevant to their role in preventing serious workplace injuries or fatalities.
In 2024, 35% of employees reported having tested, interacted with, or used predictive analytics in the workplace.
20% using
16% tested or tried
29% considering
21% no knowledge
32% of users adopted them in the previous year
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Findings from the NSC 2020 Safety Technology in the Workplace Survey of 500 employers and 1,000 workers from safety-sensitive industries.
Why It’s Important:
Technology for gathering data using drones has undergone significant advances in recent years. Drones now often come equipped with 3D cameras, thermal imaging cameras, artificial intelligence, light detection and ranging (LiDAR) and 4K cameras with advanced sensors. Additionally, a variety of sensors and transducers use electronic gravitational, thermal, mechanical, electromagnetic and chemical capabilities, among others, to sense measures including gas leaks and atmospheric pressures. Drones also can perform numerous surveying tasks, many of which are already being undertaken commercially (Watkins, et al., 2020).
Drones have the ability to minimize safety risks associated with hazardous work conditions, and, in certain cases, eliminate them completely (NAEM, 2019). Operators can fly drones into high-risk situations and hard-to-reach areas to perform reality capture and take accurate measurements that
otherwise would have required employees to expose themselves to risky environments (Karakhan & Alsaffar, 2019).
The drone market comprises 12 usage scenarios for commercial, industrial and civil government (CICG) over four categories: inspections, monitoring, surveying and mapping, and emergency response. Despite the advancements of drone technology, short battery life remains a concern in many applications.
View from the Top: Using Aerial Drones for High-risk Situations
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Aerial drones can be used to reduce or eliminate serious injuries and fatalities related to working at height, the most common non-roadway hazard leading to workplace fatalities. Drones are used more and more to conduct aerial inspections and other work to keep employees safely on the ground.
Webinars:
Relevant Resources:
Augmented Reality for Real-time Safety Application
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A deeper dive into augmented reality with an overview of AR for safety training and real-time application. Speakers discuss case studies and impact, hardware and software solutions, and barriers and integration.
Expanding Safety for Confined Space Entry and Other Critical Tasks
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Critical workplace tasks may include a variety of jobs involving performing work in permit-required confined spaces or conducting surveys at height. Confined spaces typically have restricted means of entry or exit and are not designed for continuous human occupancy due to a lack of ventilation or other situational factors.
Expanding Safety for Confined Space Entry and Other Critical Tasks
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Critical workplace tasks may include a variety of jobs involving performing work in permit-required confined spaces or conducting surveys at height. Confined spaces typically have restricted means of entry or exit and are not designed for continuous human occupancy due to a lack of ventilation or other situational factors.
Augmented Reality for Real-time Safety Application
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A deeper dive into augmented reality with an overview of AR for safety training and real-time application. Speakers discuss case studies and impact, hardware and software solutions, and barriers and integration.
Using Computer Vision as a Risk Mitigation Tool
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Join Work to Zero and industry experts as we share best practices, lessons learned, and case studies regarding the use of computer vision in the workplace to prevent serious injuries and fatalities.
Expanding Safety for Confined Space Entry and Other Critical Tasks
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Critical workplace tasks may include a variety of jobs involving performing work in permit-required confined spaces or conducting surveys at height. Confined spaces typically have restricted means of entry or exit and are not designed for continuous human occupancy due to a lack of ventilation or other situational factors.
Augmented Reality for Real-time Safety Application
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A deeper dive into augmented reality with an overview of AR for safety training and real-time application. Speakers discuss case studies and impact, hardware and software solutions, and barriers and integration.
View from the Top: Using Aerial Drones for High-risk Situations
Learn More
Aerial drones can be used to reduce or eliminate serious injuries and fatalities related to working at height, the most common non-roadway hazard leading to workplace fatalities. Drones are used more and more to conduct aerial inspections and other work to keep employees safely on the ground.
Expanding Safety for Confined Space Entry and Other Critical Tasks
Learn More
Critical workplace tasks may include a variety of jobs involving performing work in permit-required confined spaces or conducting surveys at height. Confined spaces typically have restricted means of entry or exit and are not designed for continuous human occupancy due to a lack of ventilation or other situational factors.
Augmented Reality for Real-time Safety Application
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A deeper dive into augmented reality with an overview of AR for safety training and real-time application. Speakers discuss case studies and impact, hardware and software solutions, and barriers and integration.
Using Computer Vision as a Risk Mitigation Tool
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Shares how computer vision technology is capable of accurate, consistent and automatic monitoring of workplace hazards, such as the lack of PPE use, tracking the spread of infection and predicting the possibility of workplace violence.
White Papers:
Expanding Safety for Confined Space Entry and Other Critical Tasks
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Critical workplace tasks may include a variety of jobs involving performing work in permit-required confined spaces or conducting surveys at height. Confined spaces typically have restricted means of entry or exit and are not designed for continuous human occupancy due to a lack of ventilation or other situational factors.
Augmented Reality for Real-time Safety Application
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A deeper dive into augmented reality with an overview of AR for safety training and real-time application. Speakers discuss case studies and impact, hardware and software solutions, and barriers and integration.
View from the Top: Using Aerial Drones for High-risk Situations
Learn More
Aerial drones can be used to reduce or eliminate serious injuries and fatalities related to working at height, the most common non-roadway hazard leading to workplace fatalities. Drones are used more and more to conduct aerial inspections and other work to keep employees safely on the ground.
Expanding Safety for Confined Space Entry and Other Critical Tasks
Learn More
Critical workplace tasks may include a variety of jobs involving performing work in permit-required confined spaces or conducting surveys at height. Confined spaces typically have restricted means of entry or exit and are not designed for continuous human occupancy due to a lack of ventilation or other situational factors.
Nutrien’s use of underwater drones
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Boiler work is notoriously dangerous, though necessary, often exposing employees to confined spaces, high temperatures, and poor air quality. To combat this risk, AES implemented the use of drones to minimize human entry into boilers. This case study explores the process and impacts of the technology on productivity, operations, and
safety in the workplace.
AES’s use of drones
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Boiler work is notoriously dangerous, though necessary, often exposing employees to confined spaces, high temperatures, and poor air quality. To combat this risk, AES implemented the use of drones to minimize human entry into boilers. This case study explores the process and impacts of the technology on productivity, operations, and
safety in the workplace.
Case Studies:
Expanding Safety for Confined Space Entry and Other Critical Tasks
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Critical workplace tasks may include a variety of jobs involving performing work in permit-required confined spaces or conducting surveys at height. Confined spaces typically have restricted means of entry or exit and are not designed for continuous human occupancy due to a lack of ventilation or other situational factors.
Augmented Reality for Real-time Safety Application
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A deeper dive into augmented reality with an overview of AR for safety training and real-time application. Speakers discuss case studies and impact, hardware and software solutions, and barriers and integration.
View from the Top: Using Aerial Drones for High-risk Situations
Learn More
Aerial drones can be used to reduce or eliminate serious injuries and fatalities related to working at height, the most common non-roadway hazard leading to workplace fatalities. Drones are used more and more to conduct aerial inspections and other work to keep employees safely on the ground.
Expanding Safety for Confined Space Entry and Other Critical Tasks
Learn More
Critical workplace tasks may include a variety of jobs involving performing work in permit-required confined spaces or conducting surveys at height. Confined spaces typically have restricted means of entry or exit and are not designed for continuous human occupancy due to a lack of ventilation or other situational factors.
Nutrien’s use of underwater drones
Learn More
Boiler work is notoriously dangerous, though necessary, often exposing employees to confined spaces, high temperatures, and poor air quality. To combat this risk, AES implemented the use of drones to minimize human entry into boilers. This case study explores the process and impacts of the technology on productivity, operations, and
safety in the workplace.
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for inspection
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Boiler work is notoriously dangerous, though necessary, often exposing employees to confined spaces, high temperatures, and poor air quality. To combat this risk, AES implemented the use of drones to minimize human entry into boilers. This case study explores the process and impacts of the technology on productivity, operations, and
safety in the workplace.
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Relevant Hazardous Situations:
Workplace Violence
Vehicle Pedestrian Interaction
Relevant Hazardous Situations:
Workplace Violence
Vehicle Pedestrian Interaction
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