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Using Wearables to Monitor and Mitigate Workers’ Fatigue
Construction workers are typically exposed to physically-demanding tasks for long periods, which considerably affects their well-being and productivity. To avoid productivity loss, work-rest interventions are critical to reduce strenuous physical exertion, interrupt the monotonous workloads, and reduce the risk of injuries and muscular disorders. As a result, there is a need to monitor cardiovascular stress and energy exertion that construction workers experience on a daily basis, and design a suitable work-rest schedule that is sufficient, yet does not delay the project. This paper, therefore, proposes a framework for an automated and near real-time data collection of workers’ physiological metrics such as heart rate and energy expenditure using wristband wearables. The paper then highlights the components of a framework that uses the collected data to design the work-rest schedule for on-site construction workers. The proposed framework facilitates efficient management of the work force, especially the unskilled laborers who are more exposed to excessive stress and site injuries.
Using Wearables to Monitor and Mitigate Workers’ Fatigue
Construction workers are typically exposed to physically-demanding tasks for long periods, which considerably affects their well-being and productivity. To avoid productivity loss, work-rest interventions are critical to reduce strenuous physical exertion, interrupt the monotonous workloads, and reduce the risk of injuries and muscular disorders. As a result, there is a need to monitor cardiovascular stress and energy exertion that construction workers experience on a daily basis, and design a suitable work-rest schedule that is sufficient, yet does not delay the project. This paper, therefore, proposes a framework for an automated and near real-time data collection of workers’ physiological metrics such as heart rate and energy expenditure using wristband wearables. The paper then highlights the components of a framework that uses the collected data to design the work-rest schedule for on-site construction workers. The proposed framework facilitates efficient management of the work force, especially the unskilled laborers who are more exposed to excessive stress and site injuries.
Using Wearables to Monitor and Mitigate Workers’ Fatigue
Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering
Walbridge, Scott (editor) / Nik-Bakht, Mazdak (editor) / Ng, Kelvin Tsun Wai (editor) / Shome, Manas (editor) / Alam, M. Shahria (editor) / el Damatty, Ashraf (editor) / Lovegrove, Gordon (editor) / Abuwarda, Zinab (author) / Hegazy, Tarek (author) / Oetomo, Arlene (author)
Canadian Society of Civil Engineering Annual Conference ; 2021
Proceedings of the Canadian Society of Civil Engineering Annual Conference 2021 ; Chapter: 47 ; 587-597
2022-05-26
11 pages
Article/Chapter (Book)
Electronic Resource
English
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