Challenges

While the warehouse already had solid safety practices, there were several areas where they lacked real-time insights:

• Monitoring safety breaches at specific times and locations.
• Ensuring compliance with PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) protocols.
• Enforcing vehicle speed limits and tracking pedestrian movements within designated pathways.

To maximize safety, they needed a solution that would leverage existing infrastructure and provide advanced, long-range monitoring capabilities.

Solution Implementation

We deployed our AI-powered safety software across the warehouse, utilizing their existing PTZ (pan-tilt-zoom) cameras with a 100-meter range. Our solution provided comprehensive real-time insights even when size of person in the image was very small, allowing the warehouse team to proactively address safety risks.

Key features included:

• Incident Detection: Continuous monitoring to detect safety breaches at specific times and locations.
• PPE Compliance: The system identified instances of PPE compliance and incorrect PPE, such as unfastened vests or the use of improper safety gear.
• Speed Monitoring: Vehicle speeds were tracked to ensure compliance with warehouse limits, reducing the risk of speeding-related accidents.
• Pedestrian Path Compliance: Monitoring ensured workers adhered to designated pathways, preventing unsafe interactions between vehicles and pedestrians.
• Long-Range Monitoring: The use of PTZ cameras with a 100-meter range provided a wide field of view, allowing us to monitor large sections of the warehouse in real time.

Results

The warehouse team gained invaluable insights, allowing for rapid and precise safety improvements:

• Pinpointing High-Risk Areas and Times
  The AI-powered software provided detailed data on when and where safety breaches occurred most frequently. With this information, the warehouse could focus on strengthening safety protocols during peak risk periods and in high-traffic zones, especially those monitored with the long-range PTZ cameras.
• Monitoring and Reducing Speeding Incidents
  The system's real-time speed tracking capabilities flagged instances of speeding. Warehouse supervisors were immediately notified, leading to corrective actions.
• Ensuring Pedestrian Pathway Compliance
  The AI solution helped ensure that pedestrians stayed within safe pathways. Deviations from designated walkways were instantly flagged, preventing potential vehicle-pedestrian collisions, especially in areas with heavy vehicle traffic.
• PPE Compliance Detection and Insightful Dashboards
  The solution successfully identified a rise in PPE non-compliance, from 1% to 3%, alerting the warehouse management team in real time. This allowed them to address the issue before it posed a significant safety risk. Without the AI system, this rise in ppe non-compliance might have gone undetected.

Conclusion

By leveraging existing PTZ cameras with long-range capabilities, our AI-powered safety software provided the warehouse with comprehensive safety monitoring across vast areas. The warehouse team was able to address real-time safety breaches, maintain PPE compliance, and reduce speeding and pedestrian safety violations, further strengthening their already excellent safety record.

Key Benefits:

• Long-Range Monitoring: Utilized 100-meter range PTZ cameras to track safety across large areas of the warehouse.
• High-Risk Location and Time Detection: Provided data on specific areas and times where safety breaches were most frequent.
• Real-Time Speed Monitoring: Reduced speeding incidents by tracking vehicle compliance with speed limits.
• Pedestrian Pathway Compliance: Prevented unsafe pedestrian and vehicle interactions through continuous path monitoring.
• PPE Compliance Alerts: Detected PPE violations instantly, allowing for immediate corrective action.
• Proactive Safety Management: Enabled swift responses to emerging safety trends, reducing the likelihood of serious accidents.