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