The Human Asset
In safety-critical industrial operations, fatigue has been a contributory factor in many accidents, incidents and near misses. Tragically leading to fatalities, injuries and environmental damage. Resulting in disruption to organisations and the public with significant emotional and financial costs. Some organisations are addressing the important issue of workplace fatigue management, but this can be reactive rather than preventative. Predictive analytics through real-time monitoring are utilised to mitigate equipment and machinery failure, but what about the most valuable, yet most vulnerable part of our system? The human asset; who needs to be protected from harm.
Potential Financial Costs of Workplace Fatigue
Despite the general understanding of the negative — and at times devastating — impacts of fatigue, it can be difficult to articulate its financial cost. Using the "What Are Your Potential Annual Workplace Fatigue Costs?" calculator, you can estimate the potential total annual financial costs related to fatigue at your organisation and — as a result — the potential financial savings of predictive and objective fatigue risk management.
AVEVA Operations Solutions and BaselineNC: Support the Protection of the Human Asset by Further Enabling the "Human Sensor" With a "Predictive Maintenance" Approach
Designed to mitigate fatigue-related accidents and incidents whilst increasing worker productivity — by human factors experts — using predictive analytics through real-time monitoring of biometric data, BaselineNC is the ONLY real-time workplace fatigue monitoring wearable with 98% biometric data accuracy. In safety-critical industrial operations, this further enables the “human sensor” and allows for a “predictive maintenance” approach — that is often utilised in asset performance management (APM) — in relation to the pre-emptive detection of the onset of worker fatigue and heat stress. This ultimately supports the protection of the human asset while generating insights into fatigue patterns across shifts, enabling organisations to predict and optimise work schedules to promote healthier working practices and improved organisational performance.
AVEVA Operations Solutions and BaselineNC: Independent Software Vendor (ISV), Industrial Hardware Manufacturer and Managed Solution Provider (MSP)
BaselineNC can add potential value to users of AVEVA Operations solutions by providing the often missing “human sensor” data in line with the equipment and machinery data. This would be through interfacing the anonymised — not personal biometric — red, amber and green (RAG) fatigue statuses (and other potential statuses such as heat stress indicators). Allowing AVEVA customers to include these statuses on their dashboard(s). For example, through a connection to the AVEVA PI System™, AVEVA Predictive Analytics and other AVEVA Operations solutions. For example, through the AVEVA CONNECT platform. Integrated Human Factors (IHF) is part of the AVEVA Partner Ecosystem as an Independent Software Vendor (ISV), Industrial Hardware Manufacturer and Managed Solution Provider (MSP).
