Wearables for Industrial Work Safety: A Survey

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216305%3A26220%2F21%3APU140964" target="_blank" >RIV/00216305:26220/21:PU140964 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/21/11/3844" target="_blank" >https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/21/11/3844</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s21113844" target="_blank" >10.3390/s21113844</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Wearables for Industrial Work Safety: A Survey

Original language description

Today, ensuring work safety is considered to be one of the top priorities for various industries. Workplace injuries, illnesses, and deaths often entail substantial production and financial losses, governmental checks, series of dismissals, and loss of reputation. Wearable devices are one of the technologies that flourished with the fourth industrial revolution or Industry 4.0, allowing employers to monitor and maintain safety at workplaces. The purpose of this article is to systematize knowledge in the field of industrial wearables’ safety to assess the relevance of their use in enterprises as the technology maintaining occupational safety, to correlate the benefits and costs of their implementation, and, by identifying research gaps, to outline promising directions for future work in this area. We categorize industrial wearable functions into four classes (monitoring, supporting, training, and tracking) and provide a classification of the metrics collected by wearables to better understand the potential role of wearable technology in preserving workplace safety. Furthermore, we discuss key communication technologies and localization techniques utilized in wearable-based work safety solutions. Finally, we analyze the main challenges that need to be addressed to further enable and support the use of wearable devices for industrial work safety.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

20202 - Communication engineering and systems

Project

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Continuities

R - Projekt Ramcoveho programu EK

Publication year

2021

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

SENSORS

ISSN

1424-8220

e-ISSN

1424-3210

Volume of the periodical

21

Issue of the periodical within the volume

11

Country of publishing house

CH - SWITZERLAND

Number of pages

24

Pages from-to

1-24

UT code for WoS article

000660663600001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85107008338