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