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