Preventing workplace injuries with AI

WCPO highlights UC engineering project to reduce worker injuries using AI

WCPO and other news outlets highlighted the University of Cincinnati's proof of concept demonstration showing how AI can help prevent workplace injuries in real time.

UC College of Engineering and Applied Science professors Manish Kumar and Sam Anand demonstrated their project to a gathering of business leaders this summer at UC's Digital Futures.

The system uses cameras to create a live, virtual representation of a worker in their actual workspace such as a warehouse or factory floor that can provide real-time feedback to workers about everything from potentially risky motions such as straining to reach something to immediate warnings that can avoid a disastrous collision with moving equipment.

The Ohio Bureau of Workers Compensation awarded a follow-up grant to the researchers to develop a functioning prototype.

Ohio recorded 76,800 nonfatal workplace injuries in 2023. More than half of them were considered severe, involving days away from work, job transfers or work restrictions while workers recuperated.

Featured image at top: UC Professor Sam Anand explains his workplace safety system to business leaders at Digital Futures. Photo/Andrew Higley/UC Marketing + Brand

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UC College of Engineering and Applied Science Professor Manish Kumar received a $2 million grant to continue his work with Ohio to improve worker safety. Dr. Kumar is developing ways to monitor work spaces to identify ways workers can avoid injuries.

A UC student serves as a stand-in for a worker to show how UC's system uses AI and cameras to prevent injuries. Photo/Andrew Higley/UC Marketing + Brand

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