Safety 4.0 in Eni

New digital technologies to support operator health and safety.

The path of Digital Transformation undertaken by Eni in recent years is marked by multiple objectives, including the improvement of operator health and safety. From our perspective, new digital safety technologies represent the pillars of the strategy and of the entire company’s commitment within the process of innovation.

Many projects have been launched in recent months:

Electronic work permit (e-WP)

This computerised application, developed in line with corporate procedures, has been implemented on Eni Sites to support the completion and archiving of work permits and increase safety in operations that employ this document.

Smart safety

This information system to support worker safety management comprises a series of Personal Protective Equipment fitted with sensors which through a smart network can activate notifications for the worker and a monitoring console in real time, to indicate potential situations of risk or emergency.

Enhanced operator

These applications offer mobile functions to personnel on site on ATEX devices, such as smartphones or tablets, to report anomalous situations and collect and consult data when on the move on site or to receive remote support, thus increasing operator safety and facilitating their operational and maintenance activities.

Virtual reality in training for personnel

These are training sessions for our operators with regard to safety scenarios, supported by immersive virtual reality systems that allow the real environment to be reproduced with visual and sound effects, thus guaranteeing that the operations carried out by the user are as faithful to reality as possible.

Advanced safety devices

This is an R&D project run in cooperation with MIT to prototype portable drones for carrying out inspections in confined spaces and a helmet equipped with sensors to monitor exposure to sources of risk (e.g. gas and noise) in real time and provide information on the surrounding environment.