Industry Analytics in 2022 – Driving Success in the PPE Industry with Video Analytics

Video analytics tools reduce your burden and responsibility and make surveillance much more accessible.

Do you know smart video analytics are changing the surveillance game across industries?

Gone are the days when organizations used to count on labor-intensive solutions like CCTV cameras to ensure their workers' safety. Since labor-intensive surveillance tools often fail to generate accurate results, organizations are currently replacing conventional surveillance tools with smart video analytics that merge AI with surveillance cameras for automated analysis, risk detection, and warnings to keep workers and organizations safe and secure. The safety of employees and the prevention of occupational hazards have always been a top priority at companies. Prevention of occupational hazards in the workplace starts with the use of personal protective equipment (PPE); thus, every organization must make sure that workers wear personal protective equipment properly to ensure their safety at work.

Use of PPE Gaining Prominence across Industries

Several studies reveal that injuries at work incur substantial indirect costs for companies. Therefore, one of the integral responsibilities of every organization is to provide a safe working environment for its employees. Furthermore, the right to a safe working environment applies to workers across sectors. With the government implementing stronger standards to ensure employee safety, businesses have grown more vigilant in following the safety standards and adhering to occupational health and safety guidelines.

For instance, the professions of mining, construction, etc., are inherently dangerous and call for additional security steps to keep workers safe. PPE is, therefore, vital to ensuring the safety of workers on industrial or construction sites. Such pieces of equipment are designed to protect workers from injuries and fatalities. However, in most cases, it is practically impossible for managers to ensure all the staff members are wearing PPE property. Consequently, since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, many organizations have embraced video analytics to enhance their operational efficiency in the face of social distancing norms. Video analytics tools reduce your burden and responsibility and make surveillance much more accessible. The best part about PPE video analytics solutions is that you don't have to manually track circumstances or recruit employees for constant monitoring and analysis.

Role of Video Analytics in Ensuring Occupational Safety

Video analytics software aids in the identification of unexpected patterns in video clips recorded by a video camera mounted indoors or outdoors of a building. In organizations or factories where employees are required to wear masks or gloves, or to avoid touching their faces as well as their colleagues, and installed AI-powered video analytics solution can act as a safety supervisor. In addition to monitoring workers round the clock, video analytics can identify workers without masks or gloves and notify them to follow rules. Furthermore, the detection can also trigger an alarm to a Video Management Software, if workers don't have their PPE on.

Likewise, safety zone violation issues are immediately reported by the device to safety officers in the form of real-time alerts so that they can take prompt actions and prevent mishaps from occurring. What's more, it can also limit access to the offenders in real-time.

Prevents Infections from Spreading

Aside from assisting with PPE detection, video analytics surveillance solutions may also aid in crowd management, allowing for the control and administration of large crowds entering or exiting an organization. The crowd management features help prevent infections from spreading besides ensuring a safe and sound environment. Moreover, the microphone of the CCTV cameras can identify people sneezing or coughing to prevent the spread of infectious diseases, such as flu.

Additionally, the device is capable of checking if employees are maintaining the required distance from each other on the work premises to adhere to the social distancing norms. Simultaneously, it can also determine if there is adequate distance between an employee and a piece of machinery to keep workplace hazards at bay.

How Do Video Analytics Detect PPE?

The detection of PPE involves Machine Learning filters and Deep Learning algorithms– an essential aspect of the video analytics software. With the help of machine learning and deep learning algorithms and image analytics, the PPE detection program scans workers to determine if they are wearing or improperly wearing personal protective gear. Masks, helmets, protective eyewear, gloves, and hard vests can all be detected by a video analytics surveillance system.

Additionally, Virtual Analytics-enabled PPE detection solutions function on an analytics server with Graphics Processing Unit. Using this solution, the spread of pathogens can be prevented besides ensuring the safety of workers employed in an organization.

Furthermore, data visualization tools leveraged by the system help security officers identify and address potential security breaches. Moreover, it is simple to install video analytics-enabled surveillance tools using the RTSP protocol on an existing standard CCTV Camera. Additionally, the Device features Machine Vision that enables it to see dimly lit working sites, eliminating any danger that might be present.

Video Analytics-the Future of On-the-Job Safety

All things considered, it seems logical to conclude that video analytics is a key to optimizing your organization's safety and security. An automated, high-performing, and integrated solution tailored to your organization's needs can go a long way in improving safety and security in your business.

By installing video analytics-enabled PPE detection tools, you can help your organization in three ways–preventing workplace injuries and illnesses, promoting a safe and healthy workplace, and keeping your brand's reputation intact. The importance of personal protective equipment does not just benefit the workers of an organization but also impacts business productivity. Last but not least, the end result of PPE detection is reliability on the part of both workers and employers.

Author:

Kapil Bardeja, CEO & CO Founder, Vehant Technologies