ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) IN OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY: PROMOTING SAFE AND HEALTHY WORK ENVIRONMENTS AMONG FACTORY WORKERS IN NIGERIA

This study focused on artificial intelligence (AI) in occupational health and safety: Promoting safe and healthy work environments among factory workers in Nigeria. This study aimed at finding out the importance of artificial intelligence (AI) in occupational health and safety. This study aimed at finding out the problems of artificial intelligence (AI) in occupational health and safety among factory workers and also investigating ways of improving occupational health and safety among factory workers in Nigeria using artificial intelligence (AI). Occupational health and safety best describe a critical pillar that bothers around the management of facilities which helps in safeguarding workers from occupational hazards. Safety can be best described as the process of being free from harm and dangers that are capable of causing injuries. Artificial Intelligence (AI) simply talks about computer systems which were designated to carryout functions of tasks that solely involve human intelligence. The researcher found out the problems associated with Artificial Intelligence (AI) in occupational health and safety which include: Inadequate digital infrastructure, Resource constraint, Limited technical expertise, and Poor data quality. It was concluded that Artificial Intelligence (AI) which involves the use of internet facilities has made things easy with the current advent of technology. It was recommended that Health educators are to organize seminars, conferences and workshops in training factory workers in understanding what artificial intelligence (AI) entails and how and when to apply them.