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Trends in Workplace Wearable Technologies and Connected-Worker Solutions for Next-Generation Occupational Safety , Health , and ProductivitySubject Areas: Big Data Search and Mining, Electronic Commerce, Socioeconomics, Business Analysis, Information and communication theory and algorithms, Information Management, Mobile and Ubiquitous Networks, Materials Engineering, Environmental Sciences, Information Technologies, Public Policy, Advertising, Technology, Public Administration, Aquaculture, Fisheries & Fish Science, Distributed computing, Information Economics, Sales Management, Physical Education, Sports Science, Demography, Public Economics, Drugs & Devices, Statistics, Software Engineering, Business Management, Total Quality Management, Agricultural Engineering, Applications of Communication Systems, Chemical Engineering & Technology, Business Finance and Investment, E-Learning and Knowledge Management, Grid Computing, Innovation Management, Business and Economics Education, Biophysics, Diagnostics, Public Health, Communication Protocols, Electric Engineering, Supply Chain Management, Multimedia/Signal processing, Economics, Opsearch, Machine Learning, Project Management and Strategy, Marketing, Bioengineering, Business Communication, Artificial Intelligence, Food Science & Technology, Applied Physics, Mobile Computing Systems, Consumer Behavior, Computer and Network Security, Information retrieval, Distance and Open Education, Project Management, Cloud Computing, Engineering Management, Economic System, Civil Engineering, Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Automata, Behavioral Economics, Environmental Sciences, Mechanical Engineering, Corporate Governance, Information and Communication: Security, Privacy, and Trust, Dynamical System, Mineral Engineering, Information Science, Bioinformatics, Computer Engineering, Risk Management, Marine Biology, Mobile and Portable Communications Systems, Entrepreneurship Keywords: connected worker, danger awareness, decision support, health, heat stress, lift assist, occupational risks, personal protective equipment, predictive analytics, productivity, safety, stress management, total worker health, workplace hardware, workplace wearable, artificial intelligence, connected health, occupational health and safety, occupational risks, hazards, predictive analytics, total worker health Abstract The workplace influences the safety, health, and productivity of workers at multiple levels. To protect and promote total worker health, smart hardware, and software tools have emerged for the identification, elimination, substitution, and control of occupational hazards. Wearable devices enable constant monitoring of individual workers and the environment, whereas connected worker solutions provide contextual information and decision support. Here, the recent trends in commercial workplace technologies to monitor and manage occupational risks, injuries, accidents, and diseases are reviewed. Workplace safety wearables for safe lifting, ergonomics, hazard identification, sleep monitoring, fatigue management, and heat and cold stress are discussed. Examples of workplace productivity wearables for asset tracking, augmented reality, gesture and motion control, brain wave sensing, and work stress management are given. Workplace health wearables designed for work-related musculoskeletal disorders, functional movement disorders, respiratory hazards, cardiovascular health, outdoor sun exposure, and continuous glucose monitoring are shown. Connected worker platforms are discussed with information about the architecture, system modules, intelligent operations, and industry applications. Predictive analytics provide contextual information about occupational safety risks, resource allocation, equipment failure, and predictive maintenance. Altogether, these examples highlight the ground-level benefits of real-time visibility about frontline workers, work environment, distributed assets, workforce efficiency, and safety compliance. Patel, V. , Chesmore, A. , Legner, C. M. and Pandey, S. Trends in Workplace Wearable Technologies and Connected-Worker Solutions for Next-Generation Occupational Safety , Health , and Productivity. Advanced Intelliegent Systems, e08732. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aisy.202100099.
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