TY - GEN
T1 - Wearable technology for occupational risk assessment
T2 - International Symposium Occupational Safety and Hygiene, SHO 2018
AU - Pavón, I.
AU - Sigcha, L.
AU - Arezes, P.
AU - Costa, N.
AU - Arcas, G.
AU - López, J. M.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 Taylor & Francis Group, London.
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - This paper analyzes the opportunities offered by wearable technology for occupational risk assessment. A wide range of electronic devices known as “wearables” include sensors that provide interesting features with the potential to be used in workers’ monitoring, sending alert signs (e.g., visual, sound, haptic) and training. In this paper, it has been identified the primary applications in which wearables are being used for risk assessment (motion and activity detection, recognition of work-related musculoskeletal disorders, fall detection, evaluation of exposure to different physical agents, evaluation of exposure to chemical agents, and location of potential hazards). Also, it has been identified the opportunities for improvement in the future using the potential of emerging technologies.
AB - This paper analyzes the opportunities offered by wearable technology for occupational risk assessment. A wide range of electronic devices known as “wearables” include sensors that provide interesting features with the potential to be used in workers’ monitoring, sending alert signs (e.g., visual, sound, haptic) and training. In this paper, it has been identified the primary applications in which wearables are being used for risk assessment (motion and activity detection, recognition of work-related musculoskeletal disorders, fall detection, evaluation of exposure to different physical agents, evaluation of exposure to chemical agents, and location of potential hazards). Also, it has been identified the opportunities for improvement in the future using the potential of emerging technologies.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85053265421&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1201/9781351008884-79
DO - 10.1201/9781351008884-79
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85053265421
SN - 9781138542037
T3 - Occupational Safety and Hygiene VI - Selected contributions from the International Symposium Occupational Safety and Hygiene, SHO 2018
SP - 447
EP - 452
BT - Occupational Safety and Hygiene VI - Selected contributions from the International Symposium Occupational Safety and Hygiene, SHO 2018
A2 - Melo, Rui B.
A2 - Baptista, João Santos
A2 - Arezes, Pedro M.
A2 - Miguel, A.S.
A2 - Perestrelo, Gonçalo
A2 - Barroso, Mónica P.
A2 - Carneiro, Paula
A2 - Cordeiro, Patrício
A2 - Costa, Nélson
PB - CRC Press/Balkema
Y2 - 26 March 2018 through 27 March 2018
ER -