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USE OF TECHNOLOGY IN SAFETY EMPLOYEE WELLNESS
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OVERVIEW

• This presentation explores some of the latest
  technological advancements in the field of
  occupational health and safety, attendees can
  expect to gain good understanding of the
  following areas
• Some of the latest technological advancements in
  the field of health and safety management
• The role of technology in both eliminating risk
  as well as minimising much of the administrative
  side associated with health and safety compliance
  requirements
• How some of these advancements have changed our
  overall outlook on health and safety and allowed
  businesses to focus on more leading indicators
  within their operations
• The role of technology in better supporting
  employee wellbeing within the workplace and
  beyond
• The role of virtual reality, wearable technology,
  lone worker applications, journey management
  software and behavioural data capture in
  providing a safer workplace.

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RECENT TECHNOLOGICAL TRENDS IN HEALTH, SAFETY,
ENVIRONMENT AND EMPLOYEE WELLBEING
Latest technologies influencing HSE training
worldwide (Source Accenture, 2018)
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HOW TECHNOLOGY CAN PROMOTE POSITIVE CHANGES IN
SAFETY CULTURE

• In addition to the direct benefits, technology
  enhancements in health, Safety, environmental and
  employee wellbeing applications has had major
  effects on overall safety cultures within
  organisations.
• Such benefits are often unseen, however can have
  a significant positive effect in the long term by
  looking at areas such as data capture, hazard
  analysis and better employee accountability
• This has led to a more holistic view of HSE
  issues at work sites where a general focus on
  quality is now becoming part of a health and
  safety practitioners collective responsibility.

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AREAS OF INDIRECT SAFETY CULTURE IMPROVEMENTS
The indirect areas in which health and safety
innovations have resulted in overall safety
culture improvements
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TECHNOLOGY IN HSE TRAINING AND INFORMATION
RETENTION

• Training trends are moving away from the
  traditional classroom and instructor base type of
  practices.
• Much of the recent changes in trends have
  involved awareness and knowledge type training
  where a number of the following practices are now
  being used
• Computer based and e-learning type training
  (Includes learning through mobile applications)
• Simulator type learning
• Virtual Reality type training

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TECHNOLOGY IN WORKER WELFARE ASSESSMENTS

• While it is not always possible to spot the early
  signs of various health conditions, technologies
  exist that can provide an indication of this by
  monitoring the various vital signs associated
  with the condition. Symptoms such as high blood
  pressure, blood cholesterol, BMI, heart rate,
  body composition etc.
• Unmanned health stations can be utilised to
  measure a number of these vitals within a very
  short period of time. This provides the basic
  awareness to all employees on what they need to
  be mindful of with regards to their current
  health or the need for an immediate doctor visit.
  

Such stations have proved marginally successful
in predicting early signs of cancer, provide
indication of hypertension and generally
encourage employees to get involved with
different occupational health campaigns within an
organisation.
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WEARABLE TECHNOLOGY AND EMPLOYEE WELLNESS

• Popular within the fitness industry as of late,
  wearable technologies have made a steady shift to
  the health and safety industry, with their
  application demonstrating some positive trends
  when it comes to employee welfare and overall
  health and safety performance.
• Already utilised in numerous multinational
  organizations worldwide, wearable technology can
  allow for monitoring vital signs of the employees
  during their time at work. Identifying likely
  times of fatigue, hours worked, time spent in
  high risks locations and many more.

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WEARABLE TECHNOLOGY AND EMPLOYEE WELLNESS

• The use of various types of health and safety
  software has become more commonplace over the
  last few years, to an extent that many companies
  utilising quality, health, safety, security and
  environmental software have begun enhancing the
  capabilities of their programs by developing the
  mobile application side of these programs.
• Previously document-heavy type of health and
  safety methods involving accident investigation
  and root cause analysis, behavioural based safety
  observations, near miss reporting and
  non-conformance reporting, can now be done at a
  much faster pace, allowing for better overall
  data capture and better future analysis.

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DRIVER SAFETY AND JOURNEY MANAGEMENT

• Fully automated vehicles will become a reality in
  the near future, Until then, safety behind the
  wheel still rests with the vehicle operator.
  Todays driver assistance technologies can give a
  safe driver an extra edge out on the road.
• Organisations with large fleets of vehicles have
  gone one step further by utilising Journey
  Management Plan applications and software to
  firstly, allow drivers to assess the risk of
  their upcoming journey, provide the driver with
  the required guidance, monitor working hours and
  remind them of their break periods and lastly,
  allow the company headquarters to monitor the
  vehicles for location and compliance with speed
  limits.

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DRONE TECHNOLOGY IN HEALTH AND SAFETY
Using drones in the workplace has allowed
businesses to access dangerous areas within their
facilitates, such as those that are too hot, cold
or small for worker access. Reducing the risk to
employees, the drones can collect the required
data and deliver it to the appropriate person.
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ASSESSING SAFETY TECHNOLOGY REQUIREMENTS

• When assessing the need for any new safety
  technology, the necessary research and time needs
  to go into exploring the suitability of such
  technology within the business.
• Businesses should be clear on the following areas
  when assessing such needs
• Direct Benefits Can be measured in financial
  terms (eg. Direct reduction in accidents, time
  saving, significant administrative cost
  reductions)
• Indirect Benefits Normally difficult to measure
  in financial terms (Long term positive change in
  safety culture through better reporting, better
  employee participation in safety activities)
• Training requirements
• Employee buy-in and participation

• Is it a tool or a toy?
• A simple question that often needs to be asked
  when assessing the need for introducing
  technological enhancements when it comes to the
  safety of operations.

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