Construction technologies save lives

The incidence of construction workers' deaths in Israel has increased recently in 30% (annually). According to Workers' Hotline statistics, Israel is in third place among developed nations in terms of fatal construction accidents – 2.5 times that of the EU nations per capita. Despite their declarations of measures to be taken to deal with these accidents, it seems the authorities can't find effective solutions to the problem. Besides special training programs, legislation, increased enforcement and penalization, they should consider getting the startup nation involved in introducing advanced technologies to increase safety at construction sites and prevent these unnecessary accidents. The digital revolution we're in the midst of facilitates the application of technologies including autonomous equipment, drones and sensors that can monitor the safety of equipment, cranes and elevators, and even monitor wind speed and precipitation at the construction site.