scholarly journals Wearables for Industrial Work Safety: A Survey

Sensors ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (11) ◽  
pp. 3844
Author(s):  
Ekaterina Svertoka ◽  
Salwa Saafi ◽  
Alexandru Rusu-Casandra ◽  
Radim Burget ◽  
Ion Marghescu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Safety ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Workplace Safety ◽  
Wearable Devices ◽  
Work Safety ◽  
Industrial Work ◽  
Future Work ◽  
Benefits And Costs

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.

scholarly journals Modern Trends in Occupational Safety Management

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 126-138
Author(s):  
Teresa Lis ◽  
Krzysztof Nowacki
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Health ◽  
Occupational Safety ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
Safety Management ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Occupational Health And Safety ◽  
Management Systems ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Work Safety ◽  
Systems Requirements

Abstract Problems related to work safety have been accompanying humanity since the dawn of time. In times before the Industrial Revolution, human and animal muscle strength was used to work, and “safe work” solutions were developed and introduced individually by the user or supervising the work. Only a change in the way work was done due to the industrial revolution, the introduction of new energy sources, the transformation of manufactories into factories and the birth of the working class brought about greater, concrete changes. It was at that time that various machines and devices began to be introduced into the workplace, which on the one hand improved work and on the other hand created more and more potentially dangerous situations. Security was started holistically and institutionally. With the transformation and return of capitalism, the subject of real work safety returned. Health and safety was to be not only a fashionable slogan, but a value that was supposed to guarantee profit – in accordance with the principle that accidents reduce productivity. It was also connected with the process of adapting Polish law in the field of health and safety to the law of the European Union (EU), which resulted from Poland’s pursuit of EU membership. Moreover, an important factor initiating these changes was the interest of enterprises in quality management systems compliant with the ISO 9000 series and environmental management systems compliant with the ISO 14000 series, and related attempts to adapt the system management concept to the area of occupational health and safety, resulting in PN-N standards 18000 series. This publication analyzes the new standard PN-ISO 45001:2018 – “Occupational health and safety management systems – Requirements with guidance for use” comparing it with the standard PN-N 18001:2004 – “Occupational health and safety management. Requirements”.

Industrial Occupational Safety

2021 ◽  
pp. 1767-1787
Author(s):  
Susana Pinto da Costa ◽  
Nélson Costa
Keyword(s):  
Risk Management ◽  
Big Data ◽  
Safety Culture ◽  
Industry 4.0 ◽  
Occupational Safety ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
Manufacturing Companies ◽  
Data Safety ◽  
Massive Change

The new industrial revolution will encompass massive change. Manufacturing Companies are pursuing digitalization and trying to figure out how to implement collaborative robots, all the while trying to manage data safety and security. It is a big challenge to deal with all the needed infrastructures to handle the big data digitalization provides whilst having to account for the shielding of it. Even more so when one has to succeed at it while taking care of the workers, the sustainability of their jobs, the implementation of safe practices at work, based on the contributions of the whole, through efficient vertical communication, imbued with Safety Culture and aiming the sustainability of the Company itself. This chapter proposes to address the role of standardization in managing industry 4.0, where culture, Risk Management and Human Factors are key, and how the tools provided by these norms may contribute to nimbly balance each Company's needs.

scholarly journals The Effect of Work Safety on Organizational Social Sustainability Improvement in the Healthcare Sector: The Case of a Public Sector Hospital in Pakistan

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (12) ◽  
pp. 6672
Author(s):  
Zia Ullah ◽  
Mohammed Ali Bait Ali Sulaiman ◽  
Syed Babar Ali ◽  
Naveed Ahmad ◽  
Miklas Scholz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Social Sustainability ◽  
Workplace Safety ◽  
Healthcare Sector ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Work Safety ◽  
Healthcare Organizations

Social sustainability is the much emphasized organizational phenomenon in Western literature; however, in emerging economies, its importance has only been realized in the recent past. Social sustainability is the amiability of the relationship between employees and the organizations on a relatively permanent basis. Social sustainability is the key determinant of organizational sustainability and organizational effectiveness. As healthcare organizations are labor-intensive, the role of social sustainability in hospitals is more crucial. The purpose of the present study is to understand the role of work safety in improving social sustainability in public sector hospitals. To this effect, we collected data from 431 healthcare professionals of a large public sector tertiary and teaching hospital in the city of Lahore Pakistan and analyzed the data using structural equation modeling (SEM). The results uncovered certain important facts, which were not expected per se. job design, coworkers’ behavior towards work safety, and supervisors’ role in ensuring work safety are the key factors that influence social sustainability. However, surprisingly, in the eyes of employees, management practices and safety programs/policies do not contribute to the work safety of the hospital under study. Keeping in view the findings, we suggest that management must participate in work safety affairs directly and formulate indigenous policies and programs according to local needs. Job analysis is needed to redesign job structures to meet workplace safety requirements. Formal and informal training will be beneficial to make workers and supervisors more aware, more sensitive, and more responsible regarding work safety.

Industrial Occupational Safety

2020 ◽  
pp. 152-172
Author(s):  
Susana Pinto da Costa ◽  
Nélson Costa
Keyword(s):  
Risk Management ◽  
Big Data ◽  
Safety Culture ◽  
Industry 4.0 ◽  
Occupational Safety ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
Manufacturing Companies ◽  
Data Safety ◽  
Massive Change

The new industrial revolution will encompass massive change. Manufacturing Companies are pursuing digitalization and trying to figure out how to implement collaborative robots, all the while trying to manage data safety and security. It is a big challenge to deal with all the needed infrastructures to handle the big data digitalization provides whilst having to account for the shielding of it. Even more so when one has to succeed at it while taking care of the workers, the sustainability of their jobs, the implementation of safe practices at work, based on the contributions of the whole, through efficient vertical communication, imbued with Safety Culture and aiming the sustainability of the Company itself. This chapter proposes to address the role of standardization in managing industry 4.0, where culture, Risk Management and Human Factors are key, and how the tools provided by these norms may contribute to nimbly balance each Company's needs.

scholarly journals Digital Transformations and the Challenges of Higher Education Institutions

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nino Papachashvili
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Digital Literacy ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Future Work ◽  
Desk Research ◽  
Platform Economy

This work aims to identify the challenges of Higher Education Institutions against the increasing digitalization. The first part of the work reviews Industry 4.0, analyses recent scientific works to demonstrate how the technological changes and especially the development of Information and Communication Technologies causes the future of jobs. Fourth Industrial Revolution creates the general foundation for the activities of nowadays; the platform economy is gaining strength; digital transformation with the advent of big data, digital literacy, and data literacy is becoming increasingly essential. To prepare students for their future work is the direct responsibility of Higher Education Institutions. The second part of this work is devoted to the challenges of the education system, focusing on the Higher Education Institutions. Desk research is conducted to analyze what changes will bring the ongoing process and how these institutions should respond to the challenges of digitalization. The contribution of this paper is to develop the conceptual design of responding measures to the digitalization taken by Higher Education Institutions.

DIGITALIZATION OF LAW: CHALLENGES AND PROSPECTS

2019 ◽  
pp. 11-18
Author(s):  
A. V. Kornev
Keyword(s):  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Legal System ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Digital Information ◽  
Foreign Countries ◽  
Long Time ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Legal Forms

The article deals with the problems associated with digitalization of the legal environment and some types of legal activities. The problems under consideration include the increase in electronic document flow, the so-called «electronic justice», electronic communication technologies in legislative and law enforcement activities. The author substantiates the premise concerning the inevitability of transformation of the legal system under the influence of information and communication technologies. The article describes the experience of some foreign countries where the technologies of the Fourth Industrial Revolution have been used for quite a long time. The problems that arise due to the use of digital technologies in the legal sphere are outlined. The author highlights the role of digital information and its importance for managerial and administrative decision-making and maps changes associated with legal forms of the activity of the State. Predictions are made regarding the development of the legal system and the system of legislation, legal profession and some types of legal activities in the short term. The author substantiates the premise that the development of technologies is almost the main factor of competitiveness of a modern State.

5G for Construction: Use Cases and Solutions

Electronics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (14) ◽  
pp. 1713
Author(s):  
Jessica Mendoza ◽  
Isabel de-la-Bandera ◽  
Carlos Simón Álvarez-Merino ◽  
Emil Jatib Khatib ◽  
Jesús Alonso ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Construction Industry ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Mobile Networks ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Use Cases ◽  
Construction Sector ◽  
Fifth Generation ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Future Work

The world is currently undergoing a new industrial revolution characterized by the digitization and automation of industry through the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs). The construction sector is one of the largest sectors of the industry. Most of the tasks associated with this sector are carried out at worksites that are defined by their dynamism, decentralization, temporality, and the intervention of a large number of workers, subcontractors, machinery, equipment, and materials. These characteristics make this sector a great challenge for the implementation of ICTs. In this paper, the benefits of the use of the Fifth-Generation (5G) of mobile networks in the construction industry are presented. To that end, first, the digitization and automation needs of the sector are jointly analyzed, establishing different use cases and identifying the requirements of each one. Second, the main characteristics of 5G that address these use cases are identified. Third, a global framework for the application of 5G technology to the construction industry is proposed. Finally, an overview of some directions for future work are provided.

ROLE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY (ICT) IN AGRICULTURE FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT

2017 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-8
Author(s):  
R. P. BAIN ◽  
D. P. RAI ◽  
SIDDARTH NAYAK
Keyword(s):  
Rural Development ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Information And Communication Technology ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Sustainable Society ◽  
Indian Agriculture ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Role Of Information

If we want to convert our rural population into knowledge driven, progressive, self sufficient, self reliant, sustainable society, the role of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT’s) cannot be ignored. Timely availability information is considered as most important factor in Indian agriculture. At present ICT is the technology of this millennium. Transferring the developed technology to all end users is time-consuming and tiresome task and is often not completed due to paucity of resources and lack of manpower. In India, agriculture and rural development has gained significantly from ICT due to its widespread extension and adoption. In this era of internet, ICT is committed to provide real, timely accurate authentic information to the farmers and rural peoples.

The use of Information Technology as Tools of Developing Educational Communications for Realizing the Personal Potential of University Students

2020 ◽  
pp. 81-92
Author(s):  
Andrey Ivanovich Shutenko ◽  
◽  
Elena Nikolaevn Shutenko ◽  
Julia Petrovna Derevyanko ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Developmental Model ◽  
Learning Activity ◽  
Information Communication Technologies ◽  
Information Communication ◽  
Theoretical Terms ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
Leading Role ◽  
Informational Environment

The article is devoted to the problem of educational communications development as a sphere of implementation of modern information-communication technologies in the higher education system. The purpose of the article is to present the structure and functions of educational communications aimed at the development of personal potential and self-realization of students. Methodology. The study is based on the methodology of personal and communicative-informational approaches in education, psychological-pedagogical provisions on the structure of communication, the leading role of learning activity, didactic principles of building an educational-informational environment. In theoretical terms, the study is based on the idea of the indirect implementation of ICT in education through the development of educational communications. The developing structure of educational communications, including didactic, informational-gnostic, interactive, psychological, attractive-motivational, value-semantic components, is presented. The possibilities of developing personal potential in educational communications are considered. The author’s developmental model of ICT functions is presented, which includes clusters of actual and latent functions aimed at the formation of information-educational space for the development of students’ personal potential. In conclusion, a inference was made about the prospects of the indirect introduction of modern ICT as tools for the development and functioning of various educational communications. At the same time, it is essential that these communications perform psychological and pedagogical tasks and functions.

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