08/12/2023
Companies Turn to AI to Improve Workplace Safety
While the use of generative AI to save HR professionals time and boost their productivity has captured headlines, another use of artificial intelligence in the workplace is having a significant impact: improving worker safety and reducing on-the-job injury and fatality rates.
Workplace fatality rates rose significantly in 2021, according to data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), to the highest annual rate since 2016.
To help reverse the trend and enhance occupational safety, more companies are turning to AI, advanced data analytics tools and other safety-related technologies, according to a report from the National Safety Council (NSC), a nonprofit safety advocacy organization in Itasca, Ill. The report evaluated recent findings from academic and industry journals and identified three new technologies having a strong impact on preventing workplace illness, injury and death.
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While the use of generative AI to save HR professionals time and boost their productivity has captured headlines, another use of artificial intelligence in the workplace is having a significant impact: improving worker safety.