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Trends in Workplace Wearable Technologies and Connected-Worker Solutions for Next-Generation Occupational Safety , Health , and ProductivitySubject Areas: Automata, Information Management, Consumer Behavior, Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Multimedia/Signal processing, Agricultural Engineering, Project Management, Cloud Computing, Distance and Open Education, Entrepreneurship, Information Economics, Artificial Intelligence, Applications of Communication Systems, Project Management and Strategy, Innovation Management, Chemical Engineering & Technology, Supply Chain Management, Bioinformatics, Statistics, Computer and Network Security, Business Management, Public Economics, Applied Physics, Electronic Commerce, Civil Engineering, E-Learning and Knowledge Management, Information retrieval, Aquaculture, Fisheries & Fish Science, Economic System, Opsearch, Business Finance and Investment, Biophysics, Information Science, Mechanical Engineering, Corporate Governance, Advertising, Diagnostics, Risk Management, Drugs & Devices, Marketing, Physical Education, Business Communication, Dynamical System, Public Policy, Big Data Search and Mining, Technology, Computer Engineering, Mobile and Ubiquitous Networks, Information and Communication: Security, Privacy, and Trust, Distributed computing, Food Science & Technology, Machine Learning, Total Quality Management, Environmental Sciences, Information Technologies, Public Health, Materials Engineering, Mineral Engineering, Mobile Computing Systems, Bioengineering, Sports Science, Public Administration, Software Engineering, Communication Protocols, Grid Computing, Business Analysis, Economics, Information and communication theory and algorithms, Environmental Sciences, Behavioral Economics, Demography, Sales Management, Socioeconomics, Mobile and Portable Communications Systems, Marine Biology, Business and Economics Education, Electric Engineering, Engineering Management 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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