Improving workplace safety with machine vision

On a warehouse floor, forklifts and people share the same aisles all day. A leading energy technology company needed safety monitoring able to scale, without the integration and maintenance costs of its legacy tools. NTT DATA built a modular, vendor-independent platform which combines real-time indoor positioning with computer vision to monitor people, machines and assets and alert the team as risks appear.
Monitoring: Real time
Indoor positioning and computer vision follow people, machines and assets.
Hazard response: Automated alerts
Risks and potential collisions reach the team without manual review.
Architecture: Vendor-independent
A tech-neutral design keeps integration and maintenance costs down and technology choices open.
Expansion: Modular
New use cases plug into the same platform.
Improving Workplace Safety with Machine Vision
Safety monitoring built to grow with the operation
Objectives
Ensure safety compliance while improving data quality and supporting the company's digital maturity.
Opportunity
Positioning and vision data in one platform show risk while the situation forms and feed better safety decisions.
Safety tools stuck at their limits

Employee safety was a top priority for the company. The existing solutions struggled to scale and automated little, and connecting them with legacy systems was expensive. High maintenance needs pushed operating costs up further.

Key Challenges
1: Limited scalability. Existing tools did not extend well to new areas or use cases.
2: Little automation. Teams spotted many risks by hand, often after the event.
3: Costly legacy integration. Every connection with older systems took time and budget.
4: High maintenance. Upkeep raised operating costs.
5: Data quality. Safety data was not reliable enough for compliance reporting and decisions.
Solution
A modular platform for positioning and computer vision

NTT DATA delivered a scalable platform combining real-time indoor positioning with computer vision. Automated processes and real-time alerts cover risk detection, collision prevention and safety compliance.

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Indoor positioning

The platform locates people, machines and assets inside the facility in real time, under the company’s privacy and data protection rules.

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Computer vision

Cameras flag hazards on the floor, such as unstable loads or a worker without a helmet.

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Real-time alerts and dashboard

Detected risks and potential collisions trigger alerts, and a safety dashboard shows active alerts, zones and alert history.

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Vendor-independent extension

The open architecture takes on new use cases with high accuracy and less integration work.

Impact
Safer floors, simpler systems

Real-time monitoring, risk detection and prevention of hazardous situations improved workplace safety. Automation cut manual processes and shortened response times. The modular architecture expands as operational needs grow, and the vendor-independent design lowered integration and maintenance costs. Better data quality and analytics now support informed decisions and continuous improvement.

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