United StatesEnergy and utilities2020 – ongoingShell
T-Pulse machine vision for construction safety in Pennsylvania
Shell's construction-safety pilot produced 141 useful observations, including 24 high-risk findings
Problem
Shell's Pennsylvania Chemicals construction site had congested equipment and simultaneous work at height. A small owner team needed broader visibility into hazards across the site.
Approach
Shell worked with Detect Technologies to apply T-Pulse computer vision to drone footage. Annotated images helped train the algorithms, and observations reached the site safety team through a dashboard. Staff reviewed findings and intervened, including installing barriers around an exposed opening.
Results
Takeaway
The pilot measured detected hazards and survey coverage. Shell described possible incident prevention without claiming a measured reduction in injuries.
Categories
- Size
- Large enterprise
- Industry
- Energy and utilities
- Business function
- Production and quality
- Innovation type
- Process innovation
- AI technology
- Computer vision
- Adoption
- Partner co-development
- Evidence
- Company's own claim
Sources
Source summaries
Shell described a completed construction-site pilot using drone imagery and T-Pulse. It reported 141 useful observations over 50 days, with 24 assessed as high or very high risk.
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