NewEdge AI intelligence platform transforms Human Form Recognition from detection into real-timeoperational decision-making.
SafetyShield Global, the pioneering force behind AI-powered safety solutions for People-Plant Interface (PPI), has today launched Safety Shield Nexus – anext-generation Edge AI intelligence platform which transforms howindustrial safety data is interpreted, prioritised and acted upon in real time.
Builtspecifically for high-risk environments including construction, infrastructureand heavy industry, Nexus addresses one of the sector’s biggest emergingchallenges: data overload.
Whilemodern projects generate thousands of daily safety signals, alerts andincursions, only a small percentage require immediate intervention. Nexus actsas the intelligence layer within the Safety Shield ecosystem, filtering andcontextualising live operational data so frontline teams can focus only on theincidents that matter most.
Developedusing advanced Edge AI running on NVIDIA hardware alongside Safety Shieldsoftware, Nexus builds on the company’s Human Form Recognition (HFR) technologyby introducing contextual, scenario-based intelligence.
Ratherthan simply identifying when an event occurs, Nexus analyses what happened,where it happened, and the level of operational risk involved. By combininghuman detection, object recognition and scenario-based risk scoring, the systemautomatically classifies incidents into low, medium, high or critical riskcategories.
Liveinfrastructure trials are currently being held on a major UK infrastructureproject, with initial trial data showing a 95% reduction in safety data noise,enabling site teams to focus exclusively on critical risks requiring immediateintervention.
High-priorityincidents are escalated instantly to frontline teams through Safety Shield’sS.T.R.E.A.M app, supporting rapid responses and at-risk behaviouralinterventions on site.
Nexushas been designed as a domain-specific AI platform, operating solely within aclient’s own operational environment and live site data. The platform does notrely on public internet models or external datasets, ensuring that allintelligence remains site-specific and operationally relevant.
Italso enables clients to converge wider operational intelligence streams –including safety, telematics, environmental monitoring and carbon reporting –into a single live platform.
JonathanGuest, founder and CEO of Safety Shield Global, said: “Nexusis the next generation of Human Form Recognition. It transforms how safety datais analysed and ensures the people who need to know about immediate danger areinformed instantly.
“Initialtesting shows Nexus can reduce the number of incidents requiring workforceaction by up to 95%, ensuring only the most critical events are escalated whileeverything else is retained safely for future analysis.
“Mymission has never changed – to stop plant hitting people. Any death orlife-changing injury is one too many. These incidents are always avoidable, andNexus is a major step towards making that a reality.”
Foundedin 2018 following the death of a close friend in an excavator-related incident,Safety Shield Global has become one of the UK’s leading developers ofAI-powered People-Plant Interface (PPI) safety systems.
WithNexus, the company is aiming to move the industry beyond detection-based safetysystems towards real-time operational intelligence designed to preventincidents before they happen.
NEXUS- 10 KEY POINTS
- Next-generation intelligence platform that fundamentally changes how industrial safety data is interpreted, prioritised and acted upon.
- Across construction and heavy industry, the challenge is no longer a lack of data; it is knowing what to do with it.
- Nexus is an intelligence layer, using edge AI, which can convert overwhelming amounts of data into clear, prioritised, actionable insight in real time.
- Takes Safety Shield Global’s industry-leading Human Form Recognition (HFR) technology to the next level – moving from detection alone to contextual, scenario-based intelligence.
- By combining human detection, object detection and a scenario-based risk-scoring system, Nexus automatically classifies incidents into low, medium, high or critical risk, ensuring that only genuinely serious near misses are escalated.
- The result is transformational: Up to a 90-95% reduction in data congestion and alerts requiring action.
- In association with leading contractors and plant hire organisations, Nexus is currently being trialled on a major UK infrastructure project, where initial trials show a 95% reduction in safety data noise.
- Only the highest-priority incidents are escalated in real time to frontline teams via Safety Shield’s award-winning S.T.R.E.A.M app, enabling immediate, in-context responses and meaningful at-risk conversations – driving real behavioural change where it matters most on the ground.
- Designed to be domain-specific, Nexus operates exclusively on a client’s own operational data – their site, their environment, their reality. No external data sources. No public internet models. No black-box assumptions. Every insight is grounded in the real-world conditions of the live site.
- Nexus provides a future-proof platform capable of converging all operational intelligence in real time – including safety metrics, carbon footprint, environmental impact and telematics. One platform. One source of truth. Instant insight. Immediate action.
ABOUT SAFETY SHIELD GLOBAL
SafetyShield Global is the market leader for developing innovative AI-powered safety industrial solutions designed to reduce PeoplePlant Interface risks.
Independentlytested with a safety and reliability score of 99.6%, Safety Shield Global hasseven ISO awards issued for its commitment to quality and operationalefficiency, for the safety, control and collision avoidance on earth-movingmachinery, for the general safety of machinery and for the security of itsdigital data.
Constructiongiants Balfour Beatty, AmcoGiffen, Sunbelt, Lynch and Flannery have alreadybegun their safety journey with Safety Shield Global, while the technology isalso being utilised on such major projects asHS2 and the Thames Gateway. It is also being diversified into such industries as forestry, quarrying, utilities,highways and waste management.
SafetyShield Global was awarded the King’s Award for Enterprise: Innovation in 2024for its work on developing the AI-powered Human Form Recognition software.
Formore information, contact: rachael.burt@safetyshieldglobal.com
Website: safetyshieldglobal.com
NEXUS YouTube video: https://youtu.be/knRKjNHInMY
Originally reported by Safety Shield Global.