Requirements for AI Support in Occupational Safety Risk Analysis

Abstract

Risk analysis in occupational safety settings is becoming more complex with the ever faster influx of innovative technologies. Even for less complex work places, smaller enterprises already struggle to keep up due to a lack of specialist personnel and missing systematic safety processes. One approach to support occupational safety risk analysis is to use artificial intelligence techniques to support the process. To investigate the requirements of designing such a system, in this paper we report results from six expert interviews with occupational safety experts from a German government agency and highlight which sub-tasks can be supported by AI and what the most significant issues for an appropriate UI design are.