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Abstract Introduction Employers are responsible to ensure occupational health, safety (OHS) and wellbeing of employees. Yet, large numbers of working populations in construction are prone to get affected at work, leading to high incidences of morbidity and mortality. Complex workplace conditions could aggravate this due to a multitude of factors. Fortunately, in recent years technological development has enhanced the capability of enhancing supervisory engagement and administrative overseeing on a continual basis. Materials and Methods Digital technological solutions can be applied at workplaces to prevent incidents and improve OHS performance. This includes, Building Information Modelling (BIM) which can improve project planning and execution, other digital applications for effective communication and collaboration, AI-enabled technology can help in remote and continuous surveillance, wearable sensing devices can be used for tracking and monitoring the targeted OHS attributes and parameters at various stages of the activities, and deliver precise support and insights to optimize the safety of the work site. Results Adoption of digital applications on multiple fronts resulted in marked improvement of OHS management parameters over the study period of 30 months. OHS compliance has improved which got reflected in OHS parameters resulting in reduction of incident frequency rates including near-misses. Conclusions Disruption by digital technologies is the order of the day. Since it has immense capabilities to support and enhance efficacy of traditional activities, we need to embrace it while trying to improve effectiveness and efficiency, leading towards reduced accidents including high potential near-miss incidents and operational excellence.
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