Using AI to Enhance Worker Safety on the Factory Floor
In today’s dynamic industrial environments, ensuring worker safety is more important than ever. Traditional safety protocols remain essential, but they don’t always keep pace with the real-time challenges and complexities of modern manufacturing, warehousing, or logistics. Enter Nextro partner Hanwha Vision’s Factory & Safety AI Pack — an advanced AI-powered solution designed to proactively improve worker safety and reduce incident risks on the factory floor.
Proactive Safety Monitoring with AI
The Factory & Safety AI Pack integrates seamlessly with Nextro supplied surveillance systems to deliver real-time monitoring and alerting of critical safety indicators. Key features include:
- Forklift and Personnel Distance Detection
The system continuously tracks forklift and worker movement, triggering alerts when unsafe distances are detected — helping to prevent collisions and near misses. - Speed and Parking Compliance
Forklift speeds are monitored to ensure drivers stay within safe limits. The system also detects incorrect or hazardous parking practices, prompting immediate action to restore safe and efficient operations. - Slip and Fall Detection
Using deep learning, the AI can identify slip and fall incidents as they happen, enabling quick response to reduce the severity of injuries and potential downtime. - Blocked Exit Monitoring
Emergency exits are monitored to ensure they remain clear at all times. This helps sites meet obligations under New Zealand’s Health and Safety at Work Act 2015, ensuring rapid evacuation routes in the event of an emergency.
Supporting Smarter Operations
In addition to preventing injuries, the AI pack also improves operational efficiency:
- Heatmaps and Queue Management
High-traffic zones and queue lengths are monitored and visualised through heatmaps — allowing operations teams to adjust layouts and minimise congestion. - Customisable Alerts and Detection Zones
Safety managers can fine-tune detection areas, thresholds, and alerts to suit the layout and risk profile of each facility, ensuring a tailored safety approach.
Streamlined Compliance and Reporting
Keeping track of safety performance is easier with automated event logs (straight in to Genetec or Milestone) and reporting. All incidents and alerts are documented, helping Australian and New Zealand businesses maintain transparent safety records and continuously improve performance — key components of meeting WorkSafe New Zealand and OSHA requirements.
Final Thoughts
Hanwha Vision’s Factory & Safety AI Pack is a smart step forward in workplace safety for New Zealand’s industrial sector. By leveraging AI-driven analytics, factories can proactively reduce risks, increase operational efficiency, and support compliance with New Zealand’s health and safety legislation.
Ready to enhance safety in your facility? Talk to the team at Nextro about deploying smart surveillance and AI to build a safer, smarter work environment.
