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