CASE STUDY

Safety as a revenue centre

Go beyond safety as a cost centre and compliance function, to a productivity driver

Customer: Fieldcore

Market sector: Field Services for Industrial Energy

Solution: Proxxi Voltage

Core client challenges: Improving safety beyond a
high standard

Meeting Sustainability Target of Zero Harm

Continuous Improvement in an environment of operational excellence

FieldCore, part of GE, is a global, industrial field services company with over 9000 employees operating in more than 90 countries. Driven by the values of safety, integrity and quality, FieldCore is built to deliver operational excellence for customers in the power generation, oil & gas, nuclear, and wind power markets. 

FieldCore’s technicians are highly trained in safety, yet, like many companies that work in electrically hazardous environments, they still experience near misses and other electrical incidents. 

FieldCore is always looking for continuous improvement opportunities by using next-generation tools, evolved techniques, and the power of data and new insights.

We know that we can never claim victory in the fight for a safe, accident-free workplace. Every day we have to go to work thinking about what could happen, and more importantly, what am I going to do to make sure that everyone goes back home to their family safely at the end of the day.” 

Rafael Amaral, North America Renewables Region Leader, FieldCore

Using advanced
technology to raise the bar of safety

Increasing worker confidence and productivity with wearable wristband sensors

FieldCore approached Proxxi to help better protect their field technicians from electrical risks. FieldCore’s primary goals were clear: they wanted to create a safer working environment for their field technicians, to help them better identify potential hazards and their associated risks, and to provide additional safety for newer technicians.

To understand the fit of the Proxxi Voltage system in the workplace, FieldCore worked with Proxxi’s Success Team to run a trial of the Voltage System. Field team technicians were asked to use the wristband and provide feedback on how well Voltage performed in their environment.

The field teams confirmed that the wristband provided alerts at the right time: before they got too close to energised equipment that could be dangerous. They confirmed that when outside of safe areas and when working in turbines the wristband provided the additional protection that they wanted. They also felt it was going to be very beneficial when working in older equipment, as this was where they were most likely to encounter undocumented work and where they were at the highest risk for encountering unexpectedly energized sources. Additionally, they experience few false positives, meaning the wristband was not giving spurious alerts that would distract or annoy the worker.

“Everyone should wear one of these gauges for personal safety, I like it and will wear it all the time if assigned to me. It’s an improvement to safety when it comes to work around energized circuits.” 

FieldCore Field Technician

Elevating safety standards to move beyond compliance

Driving operational efficiency with data and insights

With the team approving of the Voltage wristband and the clear applicability of the wristband for the work being performed, FieldCore knew that deploying further into their teams was the right choice.

Their goals of improving worker safety would be aided by the Voltage wristbands. This would be especially true for newer technicians, as they learned the safety processes and work environment of the business unit. The data available on the dashboard would also help identify potential hazards prior to them becoming risks to the team and allow them to take proactive action to mitigate any existing hazards.

“FieldCore is committed to protecting our employees, customers, contractors and others impacted by our activities from harmful outcomes. We will act with integrity to ensure compliance with all regulatory, customer and other applicable requirements, setting measurable objectives and targets and improving our EHS management system to enhance performance and continually improve.”  

Jim Vono, CEO, FieldCore