Railroads continually strive to improve employee and public safety. New tools have recently emerged to help them do that. Hype aside, railroads can embrace generative AI to address long-standing challenges and make impactful improvements. Generative AI’s capacity to analyze complex…
These days, accessibility and engagement are important to reach broader audiences. Whether it's a busy professional multitasking during their commute or someone who prefers listening over reading, making content more accessible can have a big impact. One of the ways…
With severe weather making recent headlines almost daily, we thought it would be a good time to discuss how weather can be incorporated into analytical and machine learning models. Weather conditions can significantly impact business operations, and understanding these impacts…
Companies in all industries have strived in the twenty-first century to improve safety. And it has worked. Incident rates have been on a continual decline since 2003, as shown by data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (see figure).…
We are happy to announce our participation in the North American Meat Institute's Environment, Labor and Safety+ conference. The event will be held April 16-17, 2024 in New Orleans, Louisiana. The conference brings together professionals at all levels of the…
Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) professionals continually strive to create workplaces that are not just compliant but fundamentally safe. Most are familiar with the so-called Heinrich/Byrd Safety Pyramid, commonly referred to as the “Safety Triangle". But in this post we…
Large Language Models (LLMs) have historically struggled with numerical data, primarily because they are, at their core, language models. But OpenAI has aspirations to move into the business intelligence and analytics spaces. One way is through the Advanced Data Analysis…
First Analytics is a pioneer and leader in applying advanced analytics and machine learning to employee and public safety, a field we've been dedicated to since 2011. We have distilled many of our experiences into a book, "Predictive Safety Analytics:…
It is said that the Community of Human and Organizational Learning Conference (CHOLearning) is the "greatest conference for humans by humans!" First Analytics has the privilege of presenting both in a breakout session and participating in…
The title of this post is a quote credited to Winston Churchill, although the attribution is questionable. It conveys the notion that dramatic events generate new insights and create opportunities for growth. Put another way, "look for the silver lining."…