CIVS Receives AIST Don Daily Safety Grant on AI-Assisted Accident Investigation

Congratulations to CIVS Senior Research Engineer Kyle Toth as the principal investigator (PI) for the 2024 AIST Don Daily Safety Grant. The grant was awarded for the project “AI-AAI Artificial Intelligence-Assisted Accident Investigation”. Co-PIs include CIVS Senior Research Scientist John “Jack” Moreland and CIVS Director Chenn Zhou.  The industry mentors for the projects are Nathan Berry and Erik Archer from Cleveland-Cliffs.

This project will develop a software tool to assist accident investigations by combining AI (Artificial Intelligence) and historical accident data into a chatbot interface that helps investigators collect and analyze information surrounding incidents that occur across different sites at a single plant, or across multiple plants, for compiling trend data or consistencies to see if there are issues in safety, training, or awareness that need to be addressed at a site/plant/company level.

The Don B. Daily Safety Grant was established in 2011 by the Steel Manufacturers Association (SMA) and the AIST Foundation to commemorate the life and industry service of Mr. Daily, a compassionate man who truly cared about the safety of all employees working in the steel industry.  His enduring mark on the mini-mill steel industry of North America has been the establishment of numerous safety and health initiatives that have significantly improved the workplace. The objectives of the grant are to promote a safe workplace for the steel manufacturing industry, to increase the number of students who study health and safety awareness relative to the manufacturing environment, to provide direct student interaction for awareness of the steel industry and recruit more students for employment in the steel industry. Only one project is selected per year.