PPE detection · Worker safety AI
Know the moment a helmet comes off
AI watches your CCTV for missing helmets and safety vests, recognises which enrolled worker it is, and alerts your supervisor within seconds, with a snapshot and a permanent record.
The problem
Supervisors can’t watch every worker, every minute
PPE comes off when no one is looking
Helmets and vests go on for the morning briefing and come off once work starts.
Spot checks catch a fraction
Walk-arounds find what is happening at that moment, not what happened all day.
No record, no follow-up
Without a log of who, when and where, coaching and enforcement rely on memory.
Hours of footage nobody reviews
Cameras record everything, but nobody has time to look until something goes wrong.
How it works
From camera to supervisor in seconds
Enrol
Capture a short set of face photos for each worker.
Watch
AI analyses each camera feed continuously.
Detect
It checks every person for a helmet and a safety vest.
Identify
Enrolled workers are named; others are marked unknown.
Alert
A pop-up with a snapshot reaches the supervisor, and the event is logged.
Live dashboard
One screen for every camera on site
The home dashboard shows the live feed with detections drawn on it, a running compliance figure, and a stream of alerts as they happen.
- Live camera view with each person boxed and labelled by name and missing PPE
- Pop-up alerts naming the worker, the camera and what was removed, for example “removed helmet; removed vest”
- Live alert panel with a snapshot thumbnail for every violation
- Compliance and violation counters at the top of the page
- Recent activity feed showing the latest events across all cameras
Event log
Every violation, timestamped and searchable
Each detection is written to the event log, so safety officers can review patterns by worker, camera or time instead of relying on memory.
- Time
- Date and time to the second
- Worker
- Name of the enrolled worker, or unknown
- Camera / zone
- Which camera and area the event came from
- Status
- Violation or compliant
- Missing PPE
- Helmet, vest, or both
- Confidence
- How sure the AI is about the detection
Worker enrolment
Add a worker in under a minute
Enter a name and optional staff ID, then capture face photos with the camera or upload existing ones. The capture screen guides the worker to look straight ahead and rejects blurry shots, so recognition stays reliable.
- About 20 face samples captured per worker
- Camera capture or photo upload
- Automatic quality checks during capture
- Worker directory showing ID, samples and enrolment date
Where it works
Built for sites where PPE is non-negotiable
Construction sites
Helmet and vest checks at work fronts, hoists and site entrances.
Factories and workshops
Production floors and machine areas where PPE rules apply all shift.
Warehouses and logistics
Loading bays and forklift zones where high-visibility vests matter.
Shipyards and plants
Large outdoor areas that supervisors can’t cover on foot.
The difference
Manual checks vs AI PPE detection
| Manual spot checks | With Sixsense PPE detection | |
|---|---|---|
| Coverage | When a supervisor walks past | Every camera, all shift |
| Speed | Found later, if at all | Alert within seconds |
| Accountability | “Someone wasn’t wearing a helmet” | Named worker, time, camera and snapshot |
| Records | Notes and memory | Searchable event log |
| Supervisor time | Patrolling to check PPE | Acting only on real violations |
Related solutions
Part of one safety and security platform
Incident Management
Report, classify and investigate incidents and near misses from one system.
AI Video Surveillance
Intrusion and loitering detection on the same cameras.
Face Recognition
Worker access control at site gates and turnstiles.
See PPE detection on your cameras
We’ll run a demo on footage from your site and show you what it catches.