With the much recent incident of death of a 49-year old local worker in Singapore, falling 9.5m below on the factory floor while preparing to do roof cleaning work, the workplace fatalities count for the year 2022 reached to 24. Some industry players and safety experts have pointed out ‘manpower shortages and tighter deadlines due to COVID-19 disruptions’ as the cause behind the increasing rate of workplace fatalities and accidents. In fact, very recently, the Prime Minister of the country – Lee Hsien Loong – commented that “safety standards and practices seem to have slipped as the economy reopens”. Thus, workplace safety in Singapore coupled with skilled labor shortage continues to be a bone in the throat for the construction firms.
What can be the possible measures that can be adopted to mitigate these issues through AI introduced by viAct ?
viAct AI based safety monitoring system could be a possible solution to mitigate this issue. By detecting any negligent activity by workers such as working at height without harness, working without PPE or working at extreme proximity to danger zones, viAct AI can alerts fatal and non-fatal accidents to take place before it is too late.
The cutting-edge technology of the developed safety solution has brought in Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powered computer vision systems as “an extra eye” that automate real-time analysis of CCTV feeds in order to monitor sites for maintaining workforce safety in construction sites. viAct has really been safety partners for more than 50 construction site covering Asia, Europe and Middle East.
Know more about viAct and its AI powered safety solution:
https://www.viact.ai/post/why-singapore-s-construction-industry-is-in-urgent-need-of-ai-enabled-automations
https://www.viact.ai/post/learn-how-to-improve-construction-safety-in-singapore
Workplace Safety and Health in Singapore comprehensively covers legal requirements, certification and registration, monitoring and surveillance, accident reporting, and work injury compensation. After the recent spike in fatalities, it may therefore be a matter of issuing stiffer penalties for companies with poor workplace safety records, for one, but also issuing demerit points and reviewing (as warranted) the number of safety officers present on construction sites.
viAct’s AI enabled tools to make construction monitoring automated are being widely used in Singapore and it is suggested by experts to adapt these technological advancements and automations not only for the safety of their workers but also for the growth of the construction industry.
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