Latest white paper shows how computer vision technology can help employers advance on their safety innovation journey to protect workers
WASHINGTON, Oct. 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Despite concerted efforts to reduce serious injury and death on the job, workplace fatality rates have remained steady over the past several decades. Recognizing this trend and continued challenges employers face, the National Safety Council, America's leading nonprofit safety advocate, today released a new white paper through its Work to Zero initiative: Using Computer Vision as a Risk Mitigation Tool.
"Every worker deserves the promise of returning home safely from work at the end of each day, but nationwide, 3.4 fatalities occur per every 100,000 full-time equivalent workers," said Paul Vincent, NSC executive vice president of workplace practice. "While computer vision is being adopted by more organizations, the benefits are not widely understood and used to their full potential. This white paper highlights top research findings to make it easier for employers to leverage this technology to better identify root causes of workplace incidents and keep their employees safe on the job."
Building on Work to Zero's initial 2020 research to determine several key technologies to mitigate hazardous workplace situations, this new report evaluated findings from several academic and industrial journals related to computer vision ? artificial intelligence-paired camera technology and video analytics ? to facilitate a greater understanding of the innovation's ability to identify risks across a variety of environments. Further, the white paper compiled case studies and interview data from previously published reports to outline the most promising trends and resources employers can leverage to more effectively prevent worker injury and death.
Notable findings from the report include:
Despite its many benefits, the Work to Zero research team also uncovered limitations with current computer vision technology, such as image quality on closed-circuit televisions and A.I. software's ability to operate in unfamiliar settings. Further, the publication emphasized common challenges to widespread computer vision adoption, including cost and system security barriers, prompting the call for employers and vendors to increase collaboration as well as transparency when implementing safety solutions.
Funded by the McElhattan Foundation, Work to Zero aims to eliminate workplace fatalities through the use of technology. To learn more about creating a safer workplace, visit nsc.org/worktozero.
About the National Safety Council
The National Safety Council is America's leading nonprofit safety advocate ? and has been for more than 100 years. As a mission-based organization, we work to eliminate the leading causes of preventable death and injury, focusing our efforts on the workplace, roadway and impairment. We create a culture of safety to not only keep people safer at work, but also beyond the workplace so they can live their fullest lives.
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