Accenture and Chevron Win Innovation Award for System That Uses Digital Technology to Improve Worker Safety in Crane Operations
September 25 2019 - 9:14AM
Business Wire
CraneTagz system receives top honor in Oil
& Gas category at EHS Innovation Awards
An innovative digital safeguard for crane operations designed by
Accenture (NYSE: ACN) and Chevron received the 2019 EHS Most
Innovative Award in Oil & Gas at the EHS Innovation Awards 2019
of the independent research firm Verdantix in Atlanta.
Known as CraneTagz, the system increases workers’ awareness of
heavy equipment, including crane and forklift operations, providing
visual and audio alerts to operators and workers who get too close
to these hazards. Using ultra-wideband tracking (UWB) technology,
CraneTagz determines the position of a worker wearing a special
badge with an accuracy of six inches. Telemetry sensors also
determine the position of crane loads to ensure safe work
distances.
The system emerged from collaboration between Accenture and
Chevron, including design-thinking workshops and rapid prototyping
at Accenture’s Innovation Hub in Houston. There, discussions by
industry subject matter experts and an internet of things engineer
led to the idea of marrying UWB with telemetry sensors, which are
at the heart of the solution.
“CraneTagz is a great example of our efforts to improve
workplace safety using new technologies that were previously not
applied together in our industry,” said David Boroughs, the Chevron
manager who proposed the idea through a company-wide innovation
challenge. “We’re very encouraged by the system’s test results on a
large fixed crane in Houston and on an overhead gantry crane and
with forklifts in Southern Louisiana. We plan to deploy and further
test it on a working offshore crane and then scale it while
evaluating similar uses for the system in training and worker
productivity.”
Sarah Crabb, Industry X.0 practice lead at Accenture’s Houston
Innovation Hub, said, “This new system, which can contribute to
life-saving actions, is just one of many new approaches to managing
workplace safety through creative and collaborative approaches that
challenge the status quo. We greatly appreciate Chevron trusting
Accenture and our collaborative process on such a mission-critical
project.”
About Accenture
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