The rapid technological advancements of Industry 4.0 have opened up new vectors for novel
industrial processes that require advanced sensing solutions for their realization. Motion …

The advent of wearable sensing technologies has produced unprecedented opportunities
for the near real-time collection and analysis of workers' safety and health data. To …

The use of smart wearables provides an opportunity to improve construction safety and
productivity. Because the healthcare industry has been at the forefront of applying such …

Current hazard-identification efforts in construction mostly rely on human judgment, a reality
that leaves a significant number of hazards unidentified or not well-assessed. This situation …

Hazard identification in construction typically requires safety managers to manually inspect
an area. However, current approach is very limited due to the dynamic nature of construction …

Wearable sensing technology offers the opportunity to collect an individual's physical
response data in occupational settings; recent studies highlight the usefulness of such data …

Falls are leading causes of nonfatal injuries in workplaces which lead to substantial injury
and economic consequences. To help avoid fall injuries, safety managers usually need to …

The aim of this work is to develop a common automatic computer method to distinguish
human individuals with abnormal gait patterns from those with normal gait patterns. As long …

In construction, hazard identification is a critical first step in safety management. To
complement current hazard identification practices that rely on manual inspection, our …

Workers' unsafe behaviors are a top cause of safety accidents in construction. In practice,
the industry relies on training and education at the group level to correct or prevent unsafe …