الرؤية الحاسوبية لمراقبة الصحة والسلامة في المصانع السعودية

Workplace safety in Saudi Arabia is regulated under the Labour Law and overseen by the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development, with specific technical standards enforced by the General Authority for Industrial Security (Safetynet). Despite regulatory frameworks and genuine management commitment, industrial accidents remain a significant cost — human, legal, and financial — for Saudi manufacturers.

The fundamental problem with traditional H&S monitoring is temporal: inspectors conduct audits on a schedule, and hazards exist on a continuous basis. Between audits, workers may remove PPE in hot conditions, blocked fire exits go unreported, and restricted zones are accessed without authorisation. By the time the next audit happens, the hazard may have already caused an incident.

What computer vision sees that humans miss

A computer vision system mounted on existing CCTV infrastructure monitors the factory floor continuously, every second, without fatigue, distraction, or shift change. KnowVoro Vision detects:

• PPE compliance: Hard hats, safety vests, gloves, safety goggles, and steel-toed boots — detected per individual, in real time, across multiple camera zones.
• Restricted zone violations: Unauthorised entry into machinery exclusion zones, chemical storage areas, and electrical rooms.
• Fire exit blockages: Pallets, equipment, or vehicles obstructing emergency exits.
• Near-miss events: Slip and fall risks, unstable stacked materials, and workers in proximity to moving machinery without safe clearance.
• Working at height: Workers on ladders or elevated platforms without correct harness equipment.

From detection to action: the alert pipeline

Detection without action is monitoring theatre. KnowVoro Vision's alert pipeline is designed for operational reality:

1. Real-time alert: A supervisor receives a mobile notification with a snapshot image within seconds of a violation being detected.
2. Zonal PA announcements: For critical safety zones, the system can trigger a targeted PA announcement to the relevant area.
3. Escalation: Unacknowledged alerts escalate to the next level of management on a configurable timer.
4. Audit trail: Every violation is logged with timestamp, zone, type, and resolution — creating an unimpeachable audit record for regulatory inspections.

Privacy and dignity

Camera-based monitoring raises legitimate workforce concerns. KnowVoro Vision is designed with privacy controls: individual identification is optional and role-controlled, blur modes can anonymise faces while retaining PPE detection accuracy, and the system is scoped strictly to safety-relevant detections — it does not monitor productivity, pace, or non-safety behaviour.

GAZT and Safetynet reporting

The system generates compliance reports in formats aligned with Saudi regulatory requirements, reducing the administrative burden of safety documentation and providing auditors with verifiable, timestamped evidence of proactive safety management.