Computer vision for industrial safety (HSE)
Video analytics on the cameras a plant already has: PPE compliance (hard hats, fall-arrest harnesses), detection of people in danger zones, hot-work monitoring, leak and smoke detection. The result is fewer safety violations and automatic incident logging with video evidence for investigations — with inference on an edge server inside the enterprise perimeter, so no video leaves the site.
What problems it solves
Pain
An HSE inspector physically covers less than 5% of the plant's territory
Solution
Violation detection on the video streams of existing CCTV cameras: PPE, danger zones, a person under a suspended load, smoking, a person falling
Round-the-clock monitoring of 100% of camera-covered zones
Pain
Safety violations are recorded after the fact; investigations rely on witness statements
Solution
Automatic incident logging with a video archive, alarms to the control room and corporate messenger, reports to the HSE system
Evidence base for investigations, lower LTIF
Pain
Information-security rules prohibit sending video outside the plant perimeter
Solution
Edge inference on a GPU server inside the customer's perimeter — video never leaves the plant
Compliance with the information-security requirements of national companies
What data we work with
- Video streams from the plant's existing cameras (RTSP)
- Danger-zone layouts and HSE procedures
- Permit-to-work logs (for monitoring hot and gas-hazardous work)
What the customer gets
- Camera-coverage audit and selection of 5–7 priority scenarios
- Detectors fine-tuned to the customer's site conditions (lighting, camera angles, workwear)
- Alarm integration with the control room and the HSE system
- Pilot metrics: detection accuracy, number of violations identified
Which violations video analytics detects
- PPE compliance: hard hat, safety glasses, gloves, high-visibility vest, fall-arrest harness for work at height
- Danger zones: a person entering the operating zone of machinery, standing under a suspended load, a crowd in a gas-contaminated area
- Hot and gas-hazardous work: zone set-up check, presence of a fire watch, unauthorized persons in the work zone
- Incidents: a person falling, smoke, open flame, leaks (by visible signs)
- Vehicles and machinery: vehicle–pedestrian proximity, speeding on site, driver fatigue
Why this is becoming mandatory practice
Industrial-safety video analytics is already running at the Atyrau refinery — the precedent within the KazMunayGas group has been set, and the group's other assets are catching up to this standard. One serious accident prevented is $0.5–2 million in direct losses (investigation, downtime, compensation), not counting reputational risk and the personal liability of senior management.
An honest position: HSE video analytics is bought as a component of compliance and safety culture, not as an ROI project. But automatic incident logging additionally provides an evidence base for investigations and for managing contractors.
How the solution works
| Component | Implementation |
|---|---|
| Video source | The plant's existing CCTV cameras (RTSP streams) — no camera fleet replacement |
| Models | YOLO-family detectors fine-tuned on PPE and the customer's scenarios; tracking of people and vehicles |
| Inference | Edge servers with GPUs (NVIDIA Jetson / a server in the plant's data center) — video never leaves the perimeter |
| Alarms | Control room, corporate messenger, incident log with a video clip |
| Reporting | Violation statistics by zone/shift/contractor, export to the HSE system |
- Component
- Video source
- Implementation
- The plant's existing CCTV cameras (RTSP streams) — no camera fleet replacement
- Component
- Models
- Implementation
- YOLO-family detectors fine-tuned on PPE and the customer's scenarios; tracking of people and vehicles
- Component
- Inference
- Implementation
- Edge servers with GPUs (NVIDIA Jetson / a server in the plant's data center) — video never leaves the perimeter
- Component
- Alarms
- Implementation
- Control room, corporate messenger, incident log with a video clip
- Component
- Reporting
- Implementation
- Violation statistics by zone/shift/contractor, export to the HSE system
What a pilot requires
Access to the RTSP streams of 20–50 cameras, agreement on 5–7 priority scenarios and 8–12 weeks. Models are fine-tuned on the customer's own footage — this is critical: lighting, camera angles and workwear differ at every plant, and “off-the-shelf” models without adaptation produce a flood of false alarms.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
What chief engineers, security and procurement teams usually ask — with straight answers.
Next step
Request a video analytics demo
Tell us about your task — we'll come back with a data audit plan and an effect estimate within two business days.
- 1A 30-minute call: the task, the data, who signs off on security
- 2Data audit or a retrospective analysis on an anonymised export
- 3An 8–12 week pilot with success criteria agreed before the start
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