Mort & Co is a leading beef cattle lot feeder and exporter of premium Australian agricultural products. Presien’s AI vision system, Blindsight, offered an extra level of safety for Mort & Co staff when using machinery, providing operator alerts, data for reporting, and benchmarks for workplace safety.
Keeps people, animals, machinery at a safe distance
Critical detections reduced by 65% within three months
AI vision fully customised to
the project
Winner of the Australian Workplace Health & Safety Awards 2024
“There are many moving parts at a feedlot. With unpredictable animals, people on-the-go, and machinery, we’re always looking for ways to improve safety. As soon as we installed Blindsight, we gained a better understanding of our site. Plus, there were clear improvements in the team’s awareness of their surroundings. The automated reporting showed us that safety was improving with fewer critical detections. I think it’s something that could add huge value to other businesses within our industry.”
Caitlin Isaac, Workplace Health and Safety Manager, Mort & Co
Background
With an aptitude for innovation, the Mort & Co team wanted to explore how AI vision could enhance their business and safeguard their people. Grassdale was chosen as the trial site due to its significant number of traffic movements and previous collision incidents. An AI vision system was sought to help keep people, animals, and machinery at a safe distance.
Solution implemented
To tackle collision incidents, Mort & Co rolled out Presien’s Blindsight safety system. Blindsight is a simple, pre-trained AI vision system designed for mobile plant and fixed infrastructure. Presien’s AI vision models recognise people, machinery, vehicles, and objects with remarkable accuracy, preventing accidents by alerting vehicle operators and crew to objects in blind spots. The system logs safety incident data for stakeholder access and safety reporting.
Outcome delivered
Following a successful pilot of Blindsight at Grassdale, Mort & Co committed to rolling out the system on all front-end loaders across its wholly-owned feedlot locations. After implementing Blindsight, Mort & Co was selected as a winner for the Australian Workplace Health & Safety Awards 2024 for Best WHS Technology Deployment and Adoption. Today, Blindsight is an extra level of safety relied upon by the entire Mort & Co team, providing operator alerts, data for reporting, and benchmarks for workplace safety.
About Presien
Presien is an AI vision company improving how heavy industry goes to work by enabling more efficient, reliable and cost-effective AI solutions.
For more information, visit https://www.presien.com/.
Source: Presien August 2024
