AI-Assisted Safety Management: Practical Applications for Reducing Administrative Burden in Mill Operations, TAPPICon26

Supervisors and managers in mill operations face a daily balancing act: keeping up with incident investigations, risk assessments, and permit paperwork while still being present on the floor. AI-assisted tools are starting to show promise in reducing that administrative load without cutting corners on safety. This paper combines direct experience implementing EHS technology in pulp and and paper with a review of published research on AI applications in manufacturing safety. It examines where AI-assisted tools show practical potential, where they fall short, and what your data needs to look like before any of this works. The bottom line: AI works best as a "knowledge elevator"--helping newer supervisors investigate incidents with the same consistency as your veterans--not a replacement for the judgement calls that only experienced people can make.

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