Analytics Software used to React to Safety Critical Incidents

Published 11 January 2021 | No comments
Written by Jack Endean
CategoriesControls and expected behaviours Cycle safety Pedestrian safety
Analytic software was introduced by the project to cut the time taken to react to safety critical incidents in live lanes with temporary traffic management arrangements in place. The software analyses CCTV images to alert the two CCTV operators, who are manually monitoring 68 cameras, to any stationary vehicles, pedestrians or foreign objects and automatically operates signals and sends SMS...

Custom Laceless Construction Safety Boots

Published 13 January 2020 | No comments
Written by James Butt
CategoriesPPE
BMJV has developed two new custom construction safety boots for general ground workers (high ankle) and plant operators (low ankle), which aim to significantly reducing ankle-related injuries. The boots require no laces and instead use a BOA ratchet system (often found on snowboarding equipment), which provides ankle support while removing the reliance of personnel correctly tying traditional laces. They are...

Incident Notification System

Published 13 January 2020 | No comments
Written by James Butt
CategoriesNear miss Unsafe condition reporting
The project team have introduced an Incident Notification System to ensure that all relevant persons are informed of an incident occurring on site in a timely and factual manner. A text message is sent to pre-set distribution groups for each of four classification groups: Level 1 – Serious Incident Level 2 – Significant Incident Level 3 – Minor Incident Level...

Readiband Technology for Fatigue

Published 9 January 2018 | No comments
Written by Natalie Swan
CategoriesHealth risk assessments and monitoring Sleep
The health, safety and wellbeing of the BBMV workforce is of vital importance. BBMV at the Crossrail Whitechapel project worked in partnership with Fatigue Science Limited, as a part of a pilot to help enhance wellbeing in the workplace by looking at a sleep patterns in a sample of the workforce across all roles and shift patterns. The pilot combined...

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