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