DroneDeploy has launched Safety AI, a solution that automatically identifies safety risks on construction sites using a combination of in-house developed proprietary AI and large multimodal models from Google and OpenAI.
Safety AI, an add-on to the DroneDeploy Ground product, automatically analyzes thousands of images already captured every week on construction projects, to detect all visible United States Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) safety risks. The AI ranks them based on severity and informs the safety team automatically.
Monitoring Construction Sites with Drones
This new layer of intelligence integrates into all DroneDeploy Ground projects, with no additional setup, training or change in capture behavior required. Simply turn it on, capture your site as normal and it works in the background.
“With Safety AI, your most seasoned safety managers can monitor safety practice on every project, every day,” said James Pipe, chief product officer at DroneDeploy. “With comprehensive reports that align with OSHA standards, Safety AI enabled our beta customers to reduce the occurrence of unsafe conditions by up to 89% within three weeks. We expect to see these results scale nationally as the technology is rolled out further.”
Safety AI’s ability to understand and interpret risks based on all OSHA safety standards, including every single element of standards 1910 and 1926, brings a new level of precision and compliance to jobsite monitoring. Leveraging in-house developed proprietary AI and the logical reasoning of large multimodal models, this technology – which was near impossible just 12 months ago – reports on visible safety risks to a 95% accuracy level.
Processing Data and Performance
The more data Safety AI processes, the more it can improve a company’s safety performance. By aggregating information across projects, Safety AI provides company-wide safety trends and insights that can help organizations proactively address high-risk behaviors, promote proper training and monitor performance across different teams.
Given that safety can be a sensitive topic, it will only share reports with the designated safety team on each project, giving teams the freedom to respond to risks privately.
“I really like the extra set of eyes!" said Troy Nichols, assistant safety director at Wadman Corporation. "I’m not at the project every day so when I receive the Safety AI reports, I'm able to reach out to the project team so we can discuss the activities that are in progress and determine what we need to do to get any safety risks taken care of.”
Safety AI is available now for all customers of DroneDeploy Ground. It can be activated instantly and works with your existing processes. It can also be run on historical data.