Can Technology Make Safety Simpler and More Effective?

Can Technology Make Safety Simpler and More Effective? We surveyed 517 environmental, health & safety professionals to find out. We wanted to know how they:

• Conduct their safety programs and processes;

• Interact with safety regulations and protocols;

• Use technology in their processes;

• Feel about the effectiveness of new technologies such as mobile applications and automated processes.

Safety & Technology: Survey Highlights

Some highlights of the survey:

• • Nearly half (49.5%) of the survey takers still use paper to fill out forms, while the majority of respondents use Excel to report on aggregate monthly safety trends (50.9%).

  • 44.3% of respondents use smartphones or tablets for some of their environmental and safety tasks.

  • Despite the heavy use of mobile devices, only 14.3% of respondents have a mobile safety application deployed in the field.

  • At least 50% of all participants say their company has safety inspections on a monthly or more frequent basis.

  • The number one barrier that respondents feel is blocking their use of mobile solutions in the field is budget (42.2%). A distant second (24%) is internal resources.