Improving Safety With Camera Analytics

This report provides an introduction and assessment of how existing and novel technologies surrounding camera analytics and computer vison can be utilized to advance operational safety. It gives an overview of the capabilities and advancements in AI and the current infrastructure around closed-circuit television (CCTV), alongside an outline of the potential barriers to implementation, such as the time lag between technological advances and political processes. The report also examines specific examples of EHS use cases across several general functions and provides some industry-specific examples. Directors and managers should use this report to inform their firms’ short- and-long term planning, as they look to increase overall safety.