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Wearable Sensing Devices: Towards the Development of a Personalized System for Construction Safety and Health Risk
Chukwuma Nnaji1, Ibukun Awolusi2, Jee Woong Park3
1Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering, The University of Alabama, 3043 HM Comer, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487, USA.
Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)
|January 27, 2021
Summary
Construction workers are open to using wearable sensing devices (WSDs) for safety, especially for hazard detection. A personalized WSD system can benefit both workers and management for better worksite safety and technology adoption.
Area of Science:
- Occupational Health and Safety
- Human-Computer Interaction
- Industrial Engineering
Background:
- Wearable sensing devices (WSDs) enhance worker safety and health across industries.
- Worker aversion to WSDs in construction stems from privacy concerns regarding personal data.
- Critical safety insights from WSDs are often withheld due to privacy issues, hindering management's ability to optimize safety.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate construction worker attitudes towards WSDs and data sharing.
- To identify WSD functions with mutual benefits for workers and management.
- To propose and evaluate a personalized WSD system for successful integration.
Main Methods:
- Survey of 330 construction workers with WSD experience.
- Analysis of WSD functions critical for worker safety and health.
- Evaluation of a phased personalized WSD system design.
Main Results:
- All 11 identified WSD functions are vital for worker safety and health.
- Approximately two-thirds of workers are willing to share WSD-captured data with management.
- Detecting proximity to electrical hazards, toxic gas, and fire/smoke are the most valued functions by both workers and management.
Conclusions:
- Personalized WSD systems are crucial for overcoming worker privacy concerns and ensuring WSD adoption.
- Focusing on critical hazard detection functions can drive mutual benefit and facilitate WSD integration in construction.
- A phased implementation approach for personalized WSDs can enhance trust and encourage widespread use.
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