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