Using AI to Scale Workplace Manual Handling Safety & Maximize Engagement -- Occupational Health & Safety

2022-10-03 04:00:21 By : Ms. Angela Zhang

Personalized technology allows workers to monitor and learn about their own movement safety while on the job, at any time, giving them the training required to prevent injuries from occurring.

Is it possible to formalize and control the manual handling safety of all your workers on-site at the same time?

Before the likes of AI and wearable technology, no, this was not possible.

Typically, once a new starter has completed their manual handling training and has been signed off as trained for the job, they are on their own until the next scheduled training. This could be as long as a year! What about all the time in between?

Even for a seasoned worker, how can you be in all places at once, monitoring and making sure adherence to manual handling safety is being practiced? How does your worker even know? We are not always aware of how we are moving throughout the course of a day.

Furthermore, spotting ‘one’ unsafe posture is not going to cause injury, how would you be able to spot an incorrect or unsafe posture that has been repeated multiple times or even for months?

In the same vein, there is no denying the direct relationship between safety and productivity. Any ultra-time-driven businesses squeezing output from their workers are aware of the pressure and the ripple effect put on the entire organization when injuries or lack of engagement occurs.

Soter Analytics, a global leading safety technology developer specializes in developing AI-driven safety products to build worker engagement, increase staff retention, and maximize productivity safely. The personalized nature of their technology allows workers to monitor and learn about their own movement safety while on the job, at any time, giving them the training required to prevent injuries from occurring.

The Soter technology is individualized and has been built for the workers, not the organizations. However, the aftereffect of workers using the products brings proven results to businesses, increasing engagement and safety culture and decreasing lost-time injuries through reducing up to 55% of injuries. The data collected is able to be used by both workers and management, promoting comradeship and a common goal, increasing morale and trust helping to break down any silos between management and those on the ground

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