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