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forced to work at home, organizations
invested in solutions to ensure that their
employees remained healthy and safe.
Limitations in face-to-face meetings
meant that a major aspect of workplace
safety culture – education and training –
would be affected.
Most occupational health and safety
professionals believe that a good safety
program is ineffective if workers aren't
adequately trained. Much of safety
training has shifted to online platforms
where possible and appeared to be mostly
successful so far. Furthermore, as the
pandemic winds down, what started out
as temporary solutions may continue to
be applied in hybrid workplaces.
"OHS is a fundamental commitment
in many organizations. While this is
wonderful, a shortage of trained experts
means that the urgency to respond to
critical issues leaves very little time for
hazard prevention and best practice
mentoring," says Lisa Hallsworth,
co-founder and CEO of Rillea
Technologies.
She explains that tech can help "OHS
experts leverage and maximize their
wealth of specialized knowledge so
everyone in the organization can instantly
and continually benefit from it".
Hallsworth says that Rillea's SDS
management solution helps "experts go
beyond sharing their knowledge with
To select the winners of the
5-Star Safety Software 2021
showcase, COS enlisted some
of the industry's leaders.
During a 15-week process,
the COS research team
conducted one-on-one
interviews with safety
specialists and surveyed
thousands more within the
magazine's network to gain a
keen understanding of what
safety professionals think of
current market offerings.
Industry experts were first
quizzed on the features they
thought were most important
in safety software, and then
asked how the suppliers they
had dealt with rated in terms
of those attributes.
The nominees were judged
on the basis of value for
money, ease of use, customer
service, overall effectiveness,
and ease of implementation.
Ultimately, 10 winners
were selected due to their
impressive performance in
these categories.
METHODOLOGY
WHICH TYPES OF SAFETY SOFTWARE ARE MOST IMPORTANT IN YOUR WORK?
Contractor management software
77%
Lone worker technology
67%
Compliance software/solutions
94%
Contractor management software
58%
SDS management solutions
71%
Impairment and fatigue detection software
49%
ESG management software
69%
Risk management software
89%
individuals on a one-off basis, to easily
and continually share that knowledge
with everyone in the organization, and
everyone who joins it in the future. Now,
their knowledge can be cross-referenced
with organizational data and regulatory
requirements at the click of a mouse in
real time".
Through tech solutions, "employees
can have easy access to [safety]
knowledge through a simple phone
search or virtual reality experience, which
could help them prevent an OHS
incident. Imagine the time and money
that could be saved by preventing
injuries, illnesses, fines and investigations
while making training more effective".
