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