This year’s National Safety Congress & Expo in San Diego (September 18-21, 2022) featured a tech hub of approximately 25 vendors that seemed a world away from the usual exhibits of PPE, training services and facility equipment.
On “planet safety technology” a different language is spoken. An incident management app is mobile ready to deliver digital solutions and make hand-written reports a thing of the past. You find repeated references to AI (artificial intelligence), VR (virtual reality), and AMRs (autonomous moving robots). Training is now “elearning” and it’s “self-paced” and “immersive.”