Publication detail

Wearables for Industrial Work Safety: A Survey

SVERTOKA, E. SAAFI, S. RUSU-CASANDRA, A. BURGET, R. MARGHESCU, I. HOŠEK, J. OMETOV, A.

Original Title

Wearables for Industrial Work Safety: A Survey

Type

journal article in Web of Science

Language

English

Original Abstract

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.

Keywords

wearables; smart devices; occupational safety; IIoT; data collection; communications; localization

Authors

SVERTOKA, E.; SAAFI, S.; RUSU-CASANDRA, A.; BURGET, R.; MARGHESCU, I.; HOŠEK, J.; OMETOV, A.

Released

2. 6. 2021

Publisher

MDPI

ISBN

1424-8220

Periodical

SENSORS

Year of study

21

Number

11

State

Swiss Confederation

Pages from

1

Pages to

24

Pages count

24

URL

https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/21/11/3844

Full text in the Digital Library

http://hdl.handle.net/11012/203014

BibTex

@article{BUT171748,
  author="Ekaterina {Svertoka} and Salwa {Saafi} and Alexandru {Rusu-Casandra} and Radim {Burget} and Ion {Marghescu} and Jiří {Hošek} and Aleksandr {Ometov}",
  title="Wearables for Industrial Work Safety: A Survey",
  journal="SENSORS",
  year="2021",
  volume="21",
  number="11",
  pages="1--24",
  doi="10.3390/s21113844",
  issn="1424-8220",
  url="https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/21/11/3844"
}