Out of the 5000 workers who die on-the-job each year, construction leads all industries in total worker deaths . And from the looks of things, there doesn’t seem to be a light at the end of the tunnel. In fact, of the 4 industries with the highest fatality rates, construction is the only one where things are actually getting worse, with a 10% fatality increase YoY. Still, today’s construction projects are getting bigger and bolder. More risks are being taken, more hazards are popping up, and more people are getting hurt, sick, and even dying. So why is this happening?

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Construction Leads All Industries in Total Worker Deaths
5000 TOTAL WORKER DEATHS
Construction
workers
Police
officers
140
Firefighters
70
Construction is
responsible for 1 in 5
worker deaths and things
aren’t getting any better
Of the 4 industries with the highest fatality rates,
construction was the only to increase last year V
FATALITIES
are increasing
INJURIES
are increasing
ACCIDENTS
are costing more
10% last year
16% since 2010
workers have a 1 in 200
chance of being killed I
150,000 were injured
on site last year II
Workers have 1 in 10
chance of injury III
The cost of a recordable
incident is $7,000
A fatality is $910,000 IV
YoY fatality rate change by industry
Transportation
& warehousing
Agriculture, forestry,
hunting, fishing
Mining, quarrying, oil
& gas extraction
Construction
2% 11% 20% 10%
WHY IS THIS HAPPENING?
Bigger, bolder, more complex projects = Increased risk of safety hazards
Lack of innovative mobile technology = Lack of strategic improvements
Paper and Spreadsheets = Slowed operations and stifled improvement
Today’s large construction projects are…
Construction is behind other industries in tech spending
Taking 20% longer
to finish
20% Costing 80% more
than expected
of construction
megaprojects go
over budget VI
80% 98%
Construction1% Transportation3% Telecommunications4%
Most construction companies still use manual processes
Manual process
Spreadsheets
Custom In-House Solution
We don’t collect data on the job site
We use loT devices
Other
We use a software or mobile product
38.4%
25%
21.6%
13.1%
8%
1.2%
6.6%
10 years ago
100 gigabytes
of data
6.5 terabytes
of data
Today
But companies aren’t using it to improve...
Don’t use data analysis
for monitoring
project-related
performance and safety viii
Don’t have real-time data
access and can’t quickly
pull-up information on a
project ix
Manually process data
to generate daily,
monthly, and quarterly
reports x
75% 77% 50%
$
FEATURES TO LOOK FOR IN A MOBILE SOLUTION
Analyze data to view trends
happening across all sites
so you can focus on making the
biggest impact quickly
Proactively identify and manage
safety across all sites
to avoid surprises, bad behaviors
and unsafe equipment
Improve productivity and
reduce delays
with remote monitoring,
automation, and visualization
Create automated tasks from
manual processes
like scheduling, time cards,
ordering, material handling
View behavioral data across the
entire organization
and seamlessly compare
performance
Reduce errors and reworks
65% of construction professionals
say the #1 reason they go over
budget is due to errors and reworks XI
Reduce lost-time injuries and deaths
Every 1 dollar invested in injury
prevention returns between 2-6
dollars XII
Reduce liability and litigation
A large construction company
used predictive analytics to reduce
workers' compensation fees by
60% for 2 years in a row
Offline
functionality
Time and
date tagging
Dynamic forms
and checklists
Photo upload
and markup
Pre-populated
fields
Task
management
Alerts and
notifications
Automated
action plans
Camera and
GPS integration
Automated
workflows
and tasks
Legacy system
integrations
Customizable
forms, tasks,
and workflows
I. http://www.ishn.com/keywords/osha
II. http://www.bls.gov/
III. http://www.ishn.com/keywords/osha
IV. https://ohsonline.com/Articles/2012/07/01/Using-Advanced-Analytics-to-Predict-and-Prevent-Workplace-Injuries.aspx
V. http://www.bls.gov/
VI. http://www.mckinsey.com/industries/capital-projects-and-infrastructure/our-insights/the-construction-productivity-imperative
VII. http://www.gartner.com/newsroom/id/2200815
VIII. http://www.kpmg.com/gcs
IX. http://www.kpmg.com/gcs
X. https://assets.kpmg.com/content/dam/kpmg/xx/pdf/2016/09/global-construction-survey-2016.pdf
XI. http://jbknowledge.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/JBK_Construction_Technology_Report_2016.pdf
XII. http://www.oncenter.com/products/oasis/landpage/infographic-survey-2015.html
XIII. http://www.nsc.org/learn/safety-knowledge/Pages/injury-facts.aspx
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An increase of over 6000%Today’s large
construction projects
generate tons of data
1000
Percentage of revenue spent on technology VII
CONSTRUCTION
SAFETY
GAME-CHANGERS
MOBILE TECHNOLOGY
+
DATA ANALYTICS
=
USING DATA TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE