How generative AI could help make construction sites safer

MIT Technology Review - AI
Jul 2, 2025 09:00
Andrew Rosenblum
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Summary

The article discusses how generative AI technologies could be used to improve safety on construction sites by identifying hazards and predicting potential accidents before they occur. By analyzing data from cameras, sensors, and worker reports, AI systems can help prevent tragedies like the fatal fall at a Massachusetts construction site. This highlights the growing role of AI in enhancing workplace safety and reducing fatalities in high-risk industries.

Last winter, during the construction of an affordable housing project on Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, a 32-year-old worker named Jose Luis Collaguazo Crespo slipped off a ladder on the second floor and plunged to his death in the basement. He was one of more than 1,000 construction workers who die on the job each year in the US, making…

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