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PRISM predictive fatigue management system
On March 24 , 1989 , the oil tanker Exxon Valdez , filled to capacity with more than 1.4 million barrels of crude oil , struck a reef as it entered Alaska ’ s Prince William Sound , tearing a gaping hole in the hull , and releasing 11 million gallons of oil into the environment .
Today , nearly 35 years later , the Exxon Valdez incident continues to rank as one of the costliest accidents on record , and crude oil still lingers just inches below the surface along the rocky shoreline of Prince William Sound . Most sources put the total cost of the accident at more than $ 7 billion including environmental damage , clean-up costs , and the loss of local economic viability of an entire region .
The cause was an impaired captain who left an under-experienced , third mate to pilot the tanker through the treacherous passageway . Henry Bowles was a strategic planner at Crowley Maritime when the Exxon Valdez struck Bligh Reef , and in that position , he would ultimately be instrumental in the development of the doublehull . But the gross preventability of the accident stayed with him and served as the inspiration
WOMBATT-VOZ finds new voices
Using voice based generative artificial intelligence , WOMBATT ’ s fatigue prediction technology it says is not only a great method of fatigue risk prediction for haul truck drivers and mobile equipment operators , with its great flexibility it has also found a place with production workers in steel mills and mine processing plants .
Founder Professor Jean Verhardt : “ WOMBATT-VOZ generates data that management can use to greatly reduce operator and worker fatigue risk within any vehicle or any production facility . Interesting recent results in the field show that operators who recorded high fatigue risk in 2022 have lowered their measured fatigue risk levels during 2023 . This information tells management that the root causes of operator fatigue , mainly personal decisions to not regularly sleep the required 7 hours per day , are improving over time . Management can then use the information to guide those operators who are still struggling with fatigue and coach them in finding ways to sleep longer and better .”
He adds knowing that you are at a high risk of a fatigue related incident , will affect your personal sleep choices . You will choose to sleep a bit earlier , so you will not have an elevated fatigue risk tomorrow and avoid interruption to your work . Some workers will likely also experience an improvement in their general health and will start to feel better over time , although the short term motivation still is “ if I don ’ t score a red , I will not be flagged with a fatigue risk alarm .: The short-term priority to not cause a problem at work is what triggers workers to sleep better at home , which in turn greatly reduces the total number of safety incidents as WOMBATT has found in steel smelting mills in North America . A customer at steel industry customer TMS International : “ When staff are well-rested they make better decisions and are more alert , reducing the risk of safety incidents .”
Since the implementation of WOMBATT-VOZ and the fatigue risk management protocols , these sites have seen a year on year decrease of 61 % in all incidents , showing clearly the effectiveness of voice-based AI fatigue risk management .
behind the founding of Bowles-Langley Technologies , a company that develops systems for testing human brain function and performance . Using NASA ’ s psychomotor vigilance test as a basis with funding from NIOSH , the Bowles-
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