A three-year pilot program using video surveillance and coaching at New York City construction sites led to enhanced job safety and a more than 50% drop in workers’ compensation claims frequency.
According to insurer Zurich North America, Zurich Resilience Solutions (ZRS), the video technology firm Arrowsight, and major construction firms that collaborated on the pilot, the results exceeded expectations.
For the pilot, Arrowsight deployed its cameras and coaching system on eight large-scale general building projects plus one heavy-civil project, cumulatively valued at more than $2 billion.
Zurich tracked claim frequency data for the nine New