The site is now being watched
the site is now being watched: construction recorded 1,075 work fatalities in 2023, more than any industry, and ai safety platforms from oracle, fyld and voxel cut incidents by 48 to 77 percent, while china state construction has built 912 in-house agents across 52 scenarios.
the machine now watches the worker so the worker can watch the work.
Context
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports construction had the most fatal occupational injuries of any private industry in 2023, 1,075, and the highest going back to 2011. Fyld, a safety software vendor, writes about technology and safety in high-risk industries.
A CDC data bulletin covers construction fatalities from 2012 to 2023.
The 1,075 construction fatalities in 2023 match BLS. The 48 to 77 percent incident cuts from Oracle, Fyld and Voxel platforms and China State Construction's 912 agents across 52 scenarios were not seen in the sources read, so unsupported here, not refuted. Vendor figures need their own source.
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- Find the vendor case studies behind the incident cuts.
Sources
- BLS CFOI news release, Dec 19, 2024bls.gov
- BLS table A-1, 2023bls.gov
- CDC data bulletinstacks.cdc.gov
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The note above is reproduced unedited from the original post, first published on Threads on 3 October 2026 at 01:46 IST. Sources are the papers and datasets the note draws on.
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