Chevron Partners With Accenture To Reduce Crane-Related Industrial Accidents Via Proximity Sensors And Analytics

22 Sep, 2020

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Executive Summary

This report is intended for EHS executives and is one in a series that explores case studies around the adoption of EHS technologies at prominent industrial firms. Chevron partnered with Accenture to successfully bring its futuristic vision of an industrial crane embedded with AI into the present. Both firms employed the services of Redpoint as the main technology provider, with Trimble and Symeo as supporting technology providers and Accenture playing the role of lead consulting firm. The project successfully improved the risk profile of worker-machine interactions, benefitted site access management, reduced unproductive time and reduced incident response time, all due to the technologies’ location-tracking and proximity-sensing capabilities.
Chevron Partners With Accenture To Improve Safety Through Proximity Sensors And Analytics
Chevron Used A Three-Pronged Approach To Improve The Outcomes Of Worker-Machine Interactions
Positive Financial Impacts Validate The Potential Of The Project For The Industry As A Whole

About the Authors

Kel Udeala

Kel Udeala

Industry Analyst

Kel is an Industry Analyst at Verdantix. His current agenda focuses on EHS, Industrial Hygiene and Occupational health software. He has a background in oil and  gas, rene...

Bill Pennington

Bill Pennington

VP Research

Bill is VP Research at Verdantix, where he leads analysis on the evolving and interconnected landscapes of EHS, quality, AI and enterprise risk management. His research helps ...

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