Wearing It: Jobsite Technology That’s Improving Worker Safety, Increasing Visibility and Mitigating Risk
January 30, 2018
Session Overview
• The Technology
• The Use of the Technology
• What Is It Changing and Improving
• Where Is the Industry Heading?
WearablesSourcing To Solve The Problem
Thomas GrandmaisonEVP – Energy & Construction Industry LeaderAIG
Goal -Identify hazard, Analyze data in real-time – use
insights to Change behavior – Modify risk
‘Source to Solve’
Protect against noxious gases or high temperatures
Reduce strains and sprains
Bio sensors alert of dehydration and more
Add security in lone and/or remote worker
Allow for 2-way communication and/or alerts for emergencies
Better enforce safety protocols
Vehicle and equipment operation
And more …
High-Level Wearable Categories
Sample List of Industrial Wearable Vendors
Company Wearable Data Collection Data Analytics Features
Triax Tag Yes YesGeo-fence, On/off site, Man down, Location,
Panic Button, Notifications
Blueforce App No NoAndroid, iPhone, Remote monitor, Panic
Signal, info sharing
DorsaVi Skin sensor Yes YesMotion Capture, Dashboard, Equipment
Recommendations, Process Improvement
EksoBionics Exoskeletal No No MMH Lifting Assist, Overhead Tool Use
SuitX Exoskeletal No NoMMH Lifting Assist, Back, Shoulder,
Leg
Kinetics Tag Yes Yes High Risk Motions, Lower Back, Dashboard
Modjoul Belt Yes Yes Strains, dashboard
Fall Safety App No NoAndroid, iPhone, Fall Alerts, Location,
dashboard
• May 2017: Honeywell announced Sotera™, a new, comprehensive safety software platform to support its growing portfolio of connected industrial worker solutions
IBM, Honeywell, and Flextronics are all exploring Industrial Wearables and think the opportunity for Industrial Wearables may be greater than Consumer Wearables. AIG is connecting with all three companies.
Major Technology Companies are Exploring Wearables
• IBM, Haifa is exploring how Wearables, IoT, and Cognitive Computing can improve worker safety.
• IBM has done several pilots
• Flex just acquired Olio Devices to accelerate their wearable program
• Flex’s Sketch-to-ScaleTM platform gives manufactures an optimal opportunity to create smarter wearable solutions.
Spot-r by Triax
Chad HollingsworthCEO and Co-founderTriax Technologies
Triax’s Focus
Construction safety technology company that specializes in connecting
challenging IT environments
Safety Remains a Top Priority – and Challenge
According to the BLS, 21.4% of worker fatalities in the private industry in 2015 – 937 of 4,379 –
occurred in construction
Factors Affecting Construction Safety
Low Project Margins
Changing Labor Force
Lack of Digitization
A Safer Jobsite Is a More Successful Jobsite
Lack of Visibility
Lack of Effective Communication
Spot-r ClipNetwork
What is Spot-r?
Data-driven visibility into workforce and equipment location, activity, interaction, and safety – all in real-time
DashboardSpot-r EquipTag Spot-r EvacTag
Custom-built reports allow you to view, analyze and share on-going workforce, equipment, and safety data with decision-makers
With our new Project Zone Health Check view get real-time insight and alerts into temperature and humidity levels across your jobsite.
Mitigate Loss Severity
Key incident safety log helps combat and deter fraudulent claims
Knowing when and where an incident occurs improves response time and reduces risk of compounding injuries
Fewer claims lead to lower MOD ratings and eventually lower premiums
Real-time, sitewide audible and visual evacuation notifications via Spot-r Clip and EvacTags
Improve Loss Frequency
Dashboard allows supervisors to monitor evacuation progress and real-time worker condition
Push-button enables workers to report other injuries or unsafe worksite conditions without leaving their post
Real-time safety data creates coachable moments to improve overall safety culture
Positive impact and effect downstream on subcontractor risk—virtually all lines
Real-World Use Cases
Build Smart BrandBUILD SMART BRAND AT SUFFOLK
Doug WareVP of Risk ManagementSuffolk
Build Smart Brand
Research + Development
Early AdoptionDevelopment
Formal Pilot Standards
Learning + Development
Assessments
Innovation Labs Approved Ideas National Rollout
Lean
Safety Culture
Quality Assurance
Preconstruction
Virtual Modeling
Scheduling
BUILD SMART BRAND AT SUFFOLK
Rea
l Tim
e In
puts
Jobsite Information
Model/ScheduleCameras
Sensors
Real-Time Monitoring
Predictive Analytics
An Integrated Plan for Control
Standard Reporting
Drones
IoT Devices
RFID Advanced Visualization
Example: Looking for Ways to Improve Control
• How do we increase our volume of observations?
• How can we enhance the sophistication of our analysis?
• How can we respond more quickly to what is happening?
Assessing Progress
Research & Development
Standard Template:
• Outlines Hypotheses
• Identifies Resources
• Establishes Milestones
• Tracks Results
SuffolkInnovationStrategyGroupExperimentation
Goals and Objectives
• Site control/visibility - controlling and monitoring access to the project (geofencing)
• Jobsite presence/risk mitigation/safety management – understanding who is on the site
• Logging hours worked by employees to analyze if there is a correlation between time on project and
incidents
• Jobsite evacuation or emergency response; notifies the user via the Spot-r wearable sensor (audible alert to
evacuate jobsite) or for locating worker(s).
• Captures real-time data of safety incidents and generates alerts to management teams (slips, falls, etc.);
visibility into potential safety-related trends on jobsite
• Restricted access zones (equipment, roof, areas of buildings etc.) controlling areas that are identified as high
hazard or no go.
PROJECT SCORECARD
Incident Rate
CCIP Loss Ratio
Incident Lag Time
Subcontractor Prequalification
Builder’s Risk Policy Compliance
Composite Safety Score
Certificates of Insurance
CCIP Enrollment
Metric
Total Score
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Donald NaberDirector of Risk ManagementGilbane Building Company
Spot-r Benefits
§ Safety Incident Notification§ Real-time location of workers§ Evacuation Alerts§ Equipment Monitoring
§ Cranes§ Heavy Equipment
§ Non-GPS Network – Important to workers they are not tracked beyond the jobsite§ Security Enhancement § Worker notification feature§ Subcontractor Pre-qualification§ Behavior Management / Safety Enforcement§ Claim Investigation / Management
Data Management Coordination
§Spot-r
§Predictive Solutions
§Riskonnect§Program Performance
§ Incident Reporting
§EMT Tracking
Questions?