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