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