NGN organizes online meetup on “Occupational Health & Safety in Industry 4.0“

  • Date: 14-Dec-2020
  • Source: Bizbahrain
  • Sector:Healthcare
  • Country:Bahrain
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NGN organizes online meetup on “Occupational Health & Safety in Industry 4.0“

NGN International, a full-fledged systems integrator and IT consultant headquartered in Bahrain, organized an online meetup titled  “Occupational Health and Safety in Industry 4.0”, which discussed ways to ensure the safety of the workforce in light of the rapid and growing trend to employ the techniques of the Fourth Industrial Revolution in Bahrain and the GCC states, and the challenges that may affect safety in the industrial sector in the future. The online meetup reviewed how the world's leading companies overcome these challenges by leveraging VR/AR, IoT, and machine vision technologies. Speakers shared best practices and recommendations on implementing innovations towards Vision Zero and how to adapt technologies to the production specifications. Speakers emphasized that traditional safety procedures and current regulatory frameworks cannot meet occupational safety challenges in industries that implement the techniques of the Fourth Industrial Revolution because new technology requires a new approach to ensure the safety of the workforce, and this represents a challenge that requires updating appropriate organizational or administrative safety structures. Hesham Abdulla, Head of SHE Compliance at Aluminum Bahrain “Alba,” reviewed organizations' fitness for Industry 4.0. He said that Industry 4.0 contributes to supporting the role of automation and modern technologies in