Factory security cameras that warn you about safety and theft
Factory security cameras in a small plant or workshop usually just record, and the footage is pulled only after an accident or a theft. With the cameras you already have, you can be told while it matters: someone at the press without a hard hat, a person in the forklift lane, the depot opened at night.
What goes wrong in a workshop or small factory
- Someone at a machine without a hard hat or the right protection.
- People walking in the forklift lane.
- Pallets or boxes left in front of the fire exit.
- The depot, the yard or the loading bay opened after hours.
- The yard gate left open at night.
- A camera turned away from the stock or covered.
Rules for factory security cameras, on drawn areas
Draw an area on the camera’s picture and write what to look for there. The AI looks at that area only, so a visitor without a hard hat at the door is no alarm.
- Around the press: “Tell me if someone has no helmet.”
- Along the forklift lane: “Tell me if someone is walking in the lane.”
- At the fire exit: “Tell me if the fire exit is blocked.”
- Depot door: a motion alarm area for the night. The alert arrives within a second.
- Depot: “Tell me if anyone is in the depot after 10pm.”
Scheduled checks
A time and what should be so. If it isn’t, your phone gets the photo.
- “07:00, yard gate open.”
- “22:00, yard gate closed.”
- “22:00, loading bay door down.”
Questions you can ask
- “Did anyone go into the depot after 10pm?”
- “When did the truck arrive at the loading bay today?”
- “How many times was the side gate opened today?”
- “Send a photo of the yard now.”
Safety, not supervision
Use these alerts for safety, security and theft. They are not for measuring how people work, their hours or their pace. That isn’t what Puw is for, and workplace cameras come with rules in most places.
Puw writes captions about actions and objects. It doesn’t recognize faces or identify people. It is not a fire alarm or a safety system and can miss events, so keep your alarms and safety procedures.
Puw: AI on the cameras your plant already has
Some brands sell PPE detection cameras that spot hard hats. Puw takes another route: it is a Windows 10/11 app that connects to the cameras or recorder you already have, over RTSP or ONVIF. Hikvision, Dahua and most other IP brands work, and the recorder keeps recording.
The AI runs on that PC, and the footage stays there. Alerts reach your phone on Telegram with a photo. Puw learns each camera’s usual day and reports motion at an hour that is always quiet, like the depot at 3am.
- Tamper alert if a camera is turned, covered or unplugged, with the last 20 minutes kept as a black box.
- The PC must stay on. Busy cameras want an NVIDIA graphics card, so events are written up within a minute.
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Frequently asked questions
Can a camera detect if someone isn’t wearing a hard hat?
Yes. Some cameras have built-in PPE detection. With Puw you draw an area on an existing camera, for example around the press, and ask about the helmet there. Like any camera system it can miss things, so it adds to your safety checks rather than replacing them.
Do I need new cameras for factory safety alerts?
No, if your cameras or recorder offer RTSP or ONVIF. Most IP systems do.
Can I use cameras to track staff productivity?
Puw isn’t made for that and we don’t recommend it. Use it for safety, security and after-hours alerts.
Will forklifts and people moving all day set off alerts?
Only if your rule says so. Puw alerts when the sentence you wrote is true, inside the area you drew, not for every movement.
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