Tane van der Boon founded Inviol to put computer vision and AI onto the cameras a business already has. It picks up risky behaviour around forklifts and loading before somebody gets hurt.
Tane's path started in IT at Vulcan Steel, ran through a hackathon and a project tracking Māui dolphins with AI, then came back to the yard. His view is that complacency is what hurts people in high-risk workplaces, people get used to the risk and it creeps in. We talk about using footage to start conversations instead of disciplinary action, what a night shift team told him about the Big Brother worry and what's coming next.
What we cover in this episode
- Why complacency is the bigger risk in high-hazard work
- How computer vision plugs into existing CCTV
- Leading indicators you can see before an incident
- Keeping people safe without slowing the operation down
- Getting workers comfortable with AI watching the workplace
- Building a product with customers at every level of the business
- Where AI-assisted safety is heading
Episode chapters
- 0:00 Meet Tane van der Boon of Inviol
- 1:01 From tracking dolphins to steel yards
- 5:05 Finding a commercial use for computer vision
- 7:07 Safety that doesn't create drag
- 9:10 Complacency around forklifts and loading
- 11:13 Spotting risk as it creeps in
- 13:16 Building the product with customers
- 16:19 Data that starts conversations
- 18:22 The Big Brother worry
- 22:27 What's next for AI in safety
- 24:29 How to reach Inviol
Connect with Tane van der Boon
Inviol: inviol.com
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About the host
Matt Jones is the founder of Advanced Safety and a HASANZ-registered health and safety consultant. He's a Professional Member of NZISM, holds a Graduate Diploma in Occupational Safety and Health and founded the New Zealand Health and Safety Professionals community. His book is Raise the Standard: Why Good Organisations Go Blind and How Leaders Restore Visibility.
Guests share their own views and experience. This page is general information, not legal advice. Latest update: 13 November 2026
