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Safety Shield develops live reporting for people plant incidents
Justin Stanton Editor, CM Digital
Safety Shield Global has partnered with civils specialist AmcoGiffen to add real-time reporting functionality to its proximity alert system.
The app warns of activities, processes or behaviours that could lead to a potential People Plant Interface (PPI) event, allowing for swift intervention on the ground.
Using Human Form Recognition technology tailored to specific site dimensions and plant operations, the ‘Site Team Reporting and Emergency Accident Management’ app (S.T.R.E.A.M) provides real-time alerts to supervisors and has a built-in escalation process for project and contract managers.
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S.T.R.E.A.M is an extension to the Safety Shield Global VUE portal, which collates data on PPI incidents from its alarm system that provides audio and visual alerts whenever a human form encroaches into the plant’s camera-monitored danger zones.
It has been tested on a live project, resulting in an 88% reduction in PPI incidents. As a result of the successful trials, S.T.R.E.A.M has now been mandated on all new AmcoGiffen sites to enhance its worker safety protocols.
Chris English, SHEQ director at AmcoGiffen, explained: "While the Safety Shield Vue portal initially allowed for data to be shared with senior management and safety representatives, AmcoGiffen was keen for a system that would allow for quicker and wider cascading of information to the workforce.
"The real-time alerts allow our site supervisors to review the working environment, the work plan and any at-risk behaviours present. Understanding the cause enables a real-time intervention to stop work, and for the workforce to identify and agree different ways of working to eliminate PPI risk. We have already seen staggering results."
The app will ultimately be made available to other Safety Shield's other clients.
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