Safety+Health: The impact of artificial intelligence on workplace safety and health is no longer a discussion rooted in the future.
“It’s here,” said National Safety Council CEO Lorraine M. Martin. “Safety is a rich place for us to use those kinds of technologies. Those are things that really will enhance how we very quickly understand risk and then mitigate risk. We are right in the middle of all of that.”
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As we explore ways to make workplaces safer and take advantage of the tools available to us, AI shows promise in analyzing hazards from a more objective perspective. It’s also encouraging to see heat and worker safety becoming central to the conversation. Heat exhaustion impacts judgment, physical ability, strength, and balance—and for jobs like rigging or carpentry, the risk of passing out is a serious safety concern. Addressing the issue at the source, such as by setting temperature limits, can significantly improve workplace safety. I look forward to seeing how safety standards evolve as we discover new ways to prevent injuries and integrate AI into hazard analysis. With rising temperatures due to climate change, adapting our workplaces will only become more critical. After all, we all want to get home at the end of the day walking and doing what we want to spend our days doing. Safety is no accident.
The replacement of workers with AI is a mistake. AI makes wrong judgements, and growing inconsistencies as it tries to piece together vast amounts of information that doesn’t always make sense. With the proper supervision it might come out to being a net benefit with these inconsistencies and mistakes with the human power put behind identifying its mistakes and correcting them. Heat being one of the major worries of worker health and safety and the use of AI are conflicting interests. As our planet warms, heat is going to be a growing issue that needs to be solved as energy demands rise to cool indoor spaces and workers outside are at an increasing risk of heat stroke in unconditioned spaces. AI relies on vast amounts of energy, water, and computing power. Energy production and computing power relies (at least temporarily) on expelling trillions tonnes of Carbon Dioxide equivalents into the atmosphere, increasing the heating effect of greenhouse gases.
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