How AI is Saving Lives, Not Taking Jobs
- In an opinion piece, the senior director for artificial intelligence for sustainability software company Cority contends that the unintended danger of automation isn’t automation itself, but the failure to keep human judgment and accountability in the loop.
- The future of safety isn’t a decade way, but is already embedded in tablets, sensors, drones, wearables and cameras in the workplace, says Srikanth Venkataseshu.
- None of these advances replace people, he says. They help prevent grave errors.
- “AI finally lets safety and health leaders aim higher,” Venkataseshu states.
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Evaluating Safety Performance in Manufacturing
- The manufacturing sector experiences high numbers of lost-time injuries and fatalities, affecting overall productivity and economic stability, a new study notes.
- Traditional safety performance evaluation relies on lagging indicators, which fails to provide a comprehensive assessment of workplace risks.
- Data envelopment analysis (DEA) considers both lagging and leading indicators, but the presence of “zero values” in input data presents a significant challenge for the feasibility of DEA models.
- The study discusses the development a “super-efficiency” DEA model that addresses these issues.
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Worker Dies After Falling Into a Trash Compactor
- A 42-year-old delivery driver for a New York linen supply company was killed after falling into a trash compactor.
- Michael Rutledge, an employee of Arrow Linen Supply Co. in Garden City, Long Island, was rushed to the hospital after the October 23rd incident, where he was pronounced dead.
- Arrow Linen supplies textiles to a wide variety of industries. Federal OSHA is investigating the incident.
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