Job site safety has gained a potential friend in the air.
Drone technology company DroneDeploy has added Safety AI to its DroneDeploy Ground product. The proprietary system uses the company’s AI and Open AI/Google large multimodal programs to analyze every frame of video already captured every week on construction projects to detect all visible OSHA safety risks.
The AI ranks them based on severity and informs the safety team automatically.
This layer of intelligence integrates into all DroneDeploy Ground projects, with no additional setup, training or change in capture behavior required. Simply turn it on, capture the site as normal, and it works in the background, according to the company.
“With Safety AI, your most seasoned safety managers can monitor safety practice on every project, every day,” said James Pipe, CPO at DroneDeploy. “With comprehensive reports that align with OSHA standards, Safety AI enabled our beta customers to reduce the occurrence of unsafe conditions by up to 89% within three weeks. We expect to see these results scale nationally as the technology is rolled out further.”
Wadman Corporation, one of the early adopters of Safety AI, has already seen substantial benefits. “I really like the extra set of eyes," said Troy Nichols, assistant safety director at Wadman, in a statement. "I’m not at the project every day so when I receive the Safety AI re-ports, I'm able to reach out to the project team so we can discuss the activities that are in progress and determine what we need to do to get any safety risks taken care of.”
Safety AI’s ability to understand and interpret risks based on all OSHA safety standards, including every single element of standards 1910 and 1926, brings a new level of precision and compliance to job site monitoring, the company says.
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The more data Safety AI processes, the more it can improve a company’s safety performance. By aggregating information across projects, Safety AI is designed to provide company-wide safety trends and insights that can help organizations proactively address high-risk behaviors, ensure proper training, and monitor performance across different teams.
Given that safety can be a sensitive topic, it will only share reports with the designated safety team on each project, giving teams the freedom to respond to risks privately.
Safety AI is available now for all customers of DroneDeploy Ground. It can be activated instantly and works with your existing processes. It can also be run on historical data, ensuring past risks are identified and addressed.
