El uso de la inteligencia artificial en la prevención de riesgos laborales

Abstract

The control capacity that allows the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Internet of Things (IoT), through obtaining data and their algorithmic treatment, facilitates determining the scope of entrepreneurs’ safety obligation as guarantor of the health of their workers, and the workers’ behaviours as an exempting or attenuating element of entrepreneurs’ responsibilities. The possibility of identifying potential risk situations or the workers’ misconduct, among other matters, by the automatization of tasks or by a familiarity of the risk means that the necessary orders and instructions can be given to avoid risk situations. Their non-compliance is an infringement of the worker’s basic obligations, non-reckless behaviour thus becoming less likely. The data treatment with a preventive purpose involves a greater control of risks. This leads to more protection and a decrease in dangerous situations, implying a greater degree of the workers’ intent in risk behaviours and, on the other hand, a decrease of the entrepreneurs’ objective duties of care