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