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Trends in Workplace Wearable Technologies and Connected-Worker Solutions for Next-Generation Occupational Safety , Health , and ProductivitySubject Areas: Food Science & Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Technology, Electronic Commerce, Information Economics, Public Administration, Project Management and Strategy, Risk Management, Opsearch, Marine Biology, Biophysics, Physical Education, Consumer Behavior, Big Data Search and Mining, Statistics, Software Engineering, Computer and Network Security, Supply Chain Management, Mineral Engineering, Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Applied Physics, Diagnostics, Entrepreneurship, Electric Engineering, Dynamical System, Public Economics, Information Technologies, Mobile Computing Systems, Engineering Management, Grid Computing, Demography, Project Management, Cloud Computing, Public Policy, Sales Management, Multimedia/Signal processing, Mechanical Engineering, Applications of Communication Systems, Advertising, Aquaculture, Fisheries & Fish Science, Economic System, Bioengineering, Chemical Engineering & Technology, Sports Science, Marketing, Communication Protocols, E-Learning and Knowledge Management, Public Health, Machine Learning, Total Quality Management, Business Finance and Investment, Business Management, Automata, Civil Engineering, Bioinformatics, Information Science, Information and communication theory and algorithms, Mobile and Ubiquitous Networks, Business and Economics Education, Agricultural Engineering, Distance and Open Education, Distributed computing, Environmental Sciences, Computer Engineering, Behavioral Economics, Business Communication, Materials Engineering, Socioeconomics, Drugs & Devices, Mobile and Portable Communications Systems, Business Analysis, Economics, Innovation Management, Information Management, Information retrieval, Environmental Sciences, Information and Communication: Security, Privacy, and Trust, Corporate Governance 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, e8732. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aisy.202100099.
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